Example sentences
bié别kàn看diàn电shì视le了。
Stop watching TV.
diàn电shì视kāi开zhe着méi没rén人kàn看。
The TV is on but no one watches it.
The story behind the character
电
The bronze 电 is a bolt of lightning, zigzagging down. The traditional 電 added a 雨 (rain) on top but kept the lightning below. Xu Shen wrote 电, 阴阳激耀也. The electricity in your phone began as the bolt splitting the sky.