# 发电 (fādiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 发电 (fādiàn) means “to generate electricity”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to generate electricity
- Pinyin: fādiàn (fa1 dian4)
- Traditional: 發電
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们可以用风力发电。
  Wǒmen kěyǐ yòng fēnglì fādiàn.
  We can use wind power to generate electricity.

## Characters

- [发](https://hanziro.com/word/fa-send-out/) (fā): to send out; to issue
- [电](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-electricity/) (diàn): electricity; electric

https://hanziro.com/word/fa-dian-generate-electricity/

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