电梯/電梯 diàntī — lift, elevator

Meanings

1. 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.

Similar words

Words containing 电

• 电话/電話diàn (fourth tone, falling) huà (fourth tone, falling)telephone
• 电影/電影diànyǐng (fourth tone, falling)film, movie
• 电视/電視diànshì (fourth tone, falling)television
• 电/電diàn (fourth tone, falling)lightning
• 电脑/電腦diànnǎo (fourth tone, falling)computer
• 电子/電子diàn (fourth tone, falling) zǐ (third tone, dipping)electronic
• 打电话/打電話dǎ (third tone, dipping) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling)to make a phone call
• 电力/電力diàn (fourth tone, falling) lì (fourth tone, falling)electrical power
• 电视台/電視臺diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)television station
• 电池/電池diàn (fourth tone, falling) chí (second tone, rising)battery
• 电子邮件/電子郵件diànzǐ (fourth tone, falling) yóujiàn (second tone, rising)email, electronic mail
• 电视剧/電視劇diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) jù (fourth tone, falling)TV series
• 电台/電臺diàn (fourth tone, falling) tái (second tone, rising)transmitter-receiver
• 电源/電源diàn (fourth tone, falling) yuán (second tone, rising)electric power source
• 闪电/閃電shǎn (third tone, dipping) diàn (fourth tone, falling)lightning
• 来电/來電lái (second tone, rising) diàn (fourth tone, falling)incoming telephone call (or telegram)
• 电视机/電視機diàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) jī (first tone, high and level)television set