# 闪电 (shǎndiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 闪电 (shǎndiàn) means “lightning”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: lightning
- Pinyin: shǎndiàn (shan3 dian4)
- Traditional: 閃電
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 道

## Examples

- 天空中突然出现了闪电。
  Tiānkōng zhōng tūrán chūxiànle shǎndiàn.
  A flash of lightning suddenly appeared in the sky.

## Characters

- [闪](https://hanziro.com/word/shan-flash/) (shǎn): to flash; to sparkle
- [电](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-electricity/) (diàn): electricity; electric

https://hanziro.com/word/shan-dian-lightning/

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