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The Chinese word dianbiao - 电表 - diànbiǎo
(electric meter in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
diànbiǎo
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English translations
electric meter, meter for measuring electricity
Chinese characters:
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电表 ( dianbiao / diànbiǎo ) in traditional characters
電表
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 电表 ( dianbiao / diànbiǎo ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Gongren lai cha dianbiao le.
Gōngrén lái chá diànbiǎo le.– English translation: The worker came to read the electricity meter.
Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
electricity | watch
电表 ( dianbiao / diànbiǎo ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 666)
电表 ( dianbiao / diànbiǎo ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 666)
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