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电梯電梯 diàntī — lift, elevator

diàntī (fourth tone, falling)dian4ti1

Traditional: 電梯

lift, elevator

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Meanings

  1. lift, elevator

    An electric 电 staircase 梯. The same 梯 makes 楼梯, the ordinary stairs — a lift is the powered version of a flight of steps.

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 电電
    diàn (fourth tone, falling)

    electricity; lightning; a telegram; to give an electric shock

    5 strokesRadical 田

Example sentences

  • 电梯在那边。電梯在那邊。Diàntī (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) nàbiān. (fourth tone, falling)···

    The lift is over there.

  • 我们坐电梯上楼吧。我們坐電梯上樓吧。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) zuò (fourth tone, falling) diàntī (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling) lóu (second tone, rising) ba. (neutral tone)···

    Let’s take the lift up.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我们开电梯上去。

    Correct我们坐电梯上去。

    Chinese 坐 anything that carries you — 坐飞机, 坐出租车, 坐电梯 — even standing up. 开 is for the person operating the machine, which in a lift is nobody.

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