电 (pinyin: diàn, written "dian" or "dian") means electricity; electric; lightning. Below: its meaning, pronunciation, stroke order, and example sentences, so you can learn how to read, say, and write 电.
Meaning
electricity; electric; lightning
Stroke order
电
Examples
怪不得没见过。这楼电梯太慢了。
guài bu de méi jiàn guò. zhè lóu diàn tī tài màn le.
No wonder we've never met. The elevators in this building are so slow.
我犹豫了一下,要不要给同事打电话借他的钥匙,可是他住得远。
wǒ yóu yù le yí xià, yào bu yào gěi tóng shì dǎ diàn huà jiè tā de yào shi, kě shì tā zhù de yuǎn.
I hesitated: should I call my colleague to borrow his keys, but he lives far away.
在那之前,我从课本上见过、电视里见过、朋友的照片里见过,但都不一样。
zài nà zhī qián, wǒ cóng kè běn shang jiàn guò, diàn shì lǐ jiàn guò, péng you de zhào piàn lǐ jiàn guò, dàn dōu bù yí yàng.
Before that, I'd seen it in textbooks, on TV, in friends' photos, but none of those was the same.