Lightning in Chinese (Mandarin): 闪电 (shǎndiàn)
闪电
shǎndiàn
lightning
- Simplified
- 闪电
- Traditional
- 閃電
- Pinyin
- shǎndiàn
- Typed as
- shandian
Use it in a sentence
闪电很亮，吓一跳。
閃電很亮，嚇一跳。
The lightning is bright and makes me jump.
The characters in 闪电
闪 / 閃
To flash. 人 (person) inside 门 (door): someone darting through a doorway.
5 strokes
电 / 電
Electricity; first it meant lightning.
5 strokes
Lightning comes with thunder, 打雷 (dǎléi). 电 first meant lightning, and later electricity.
More examples with 闪电
天上有闪电。
天上有閃電。
Tiān shang yǒu shǎndiàn.
There is lightning in the sky.
闪电以后打雷了。
閃電以後打雷了。
Shǎndiàn yǐhòu dǎléi le.
After the lightning came thunder.
How to write 闪电 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
闪 5 strokes
电 5 strokes
In Traditional characters:
閃 10 strokes
電 13 strokes
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