Example sentences
zhè这diàn电yǐng影hǎo好kàn看ma吗？
Is this movie good?
wǒ我men们qù去kàn看diàn电yǐng影ba吧。
Let's go watch a movie.
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.