闪电
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
闪电 (shǎndiàn) · lightning
闪电 (shǎndiàn) means “lightning”. It is written with 2 characters: 闪 (to dodge) + 电 (electricity). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 闪电 is built
The characters
闪 shǎn · to dodge
What 闪 is made of
- 门mén — gate
- 丶 — dot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: A man 人 just glimpsed through a door 门 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
电 diàn · electricity
What 电 is made of
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
外面又打雷又闪电。Wàimiàn yòu dǎ léi yòu shǎndiàn.There's thunder and lightning outside.
你看到闪电了吗？Nǐ kàndào shǎndiàn le ma?Did you see the lightning?
Questions about 闪电
What does 闪电 mean?
闪电 (shǎndiàn) means “lightning”.
How do you pronounce 闪电?
闪电 is pronounced shǎndiàn.
Which HSK level is 闪电?
闪电 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 闪烁shǎnshuòto twinkle
- 闪shǎnto dodge
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 电影diànyǐngfilm
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
Learn 闪电 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 15: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.