电瓶车
diàn píng chē
Pinyin

Definition

电瓶车
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diàn píng chē
  1. battery-powered vehicle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
瓶
píng
  1. 1 bottle
  2. 2 vase
  3. 3 pitcher
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 classifier for wine and liquids
奶瓶
nǎi píng
  1. 1 baby's feeding bottle
瓶子
píng zi
  1. 1 bottle
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
瓶颈
píng jǐng
  1. 1 bottleneck
花瓶
huā píng
  1. 1 flower vase
  2. 2 fig. just a pretty face
  3. 3 CL:對|对[duì]
保温瓶
bǎo wēn píng
  1. 1 thermos
半瓶醋
bàn píng cù
  1. 1 dabbler
  2. 2 dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
吊瓶
diào píng
  1. 1 infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
安瓶
ān píng
  1. 1 ampoule (loanword)
宝瓶
Bǎo píng
  1. 1 Aquarius (star sign)
宝瓶座
Bǎo píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  2. 2 also called 水瓶座
打吊瓶
dǎ diào píng
  1. 1 to put sb on an intravenous drip
拖油瓶
tuō yóu píng
  1. 1 (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
  2. 2 children by a previous marriage
暖水瓶
nuǎn shuǐ píng
  1. 1 thermos flask or bottle
暖瓶
nuǎn píng
  1. 1 thermos
气瓶
qì píng
  1. 1 gas cylinder
  2. 2 air bottle
  3. 3 air tank (diving)
漂流瓶
piāo liú píng
  1. 1 message in a bottle
热水瓶
rè shuǐ píng
  1. 1 thermos bottle
  2. 2 vacuum bottle
  3. 3 hot water dispenser (appliance)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (6)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒
xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
  1. 1 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
  2. 2 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

Sample Sentences

我说这狗肉电瓶车，科技高是高，但价格更是高翻天，电瓶车怎么跑也跑不赢摩托车，竟然要卖上万块，直接抢还比较快一点。
wǒ shuō zhè gǒuròu diànpíngchē ，kējì gāo shì gāo ，dàn jiàgé gèng shì gāo fāntiān ，diànpíngchē zěnme pǎo yě pǎo bù yíng mótuōchē ，jìngrán yào mài shàng wàn kuài ，zhíjiē qiǎng hái bǐjiào kuài yīdiǎn 。
This battery-powered scooter may be high tech, but its price is really out of this world. However fast a battery-powered scooter runs it can't outrun a motorcycle. And they sell it for over 10,000 yuan? Wouldn't they be quicker just robbing you?
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电瓶车跟烧油排废气的摩托车根本不在一个水平上，怎么能放在一起比？虽然它号称是拿一二五机车当对手，但那也是为了给普罗大众一个参考值罢了。
diànpíngchē gēn shāo yóu pái fèiqì de mótuōchē gēnběn bùzài yī gè shuǐpíng shàng ，zěnme néng fàng zài yīqǐ bǐ ？suīrán tā hàochēng shì ná yī èr wǔjīchē dāng duìshǒu ，dàn nà yě shì wèile gěi pǔluódàzhòng yī gè cānkǎozhí bàle 。
Battery-powered scooters and petrol-burning air polluting motorcycles aren't in the same class. How can you compare them? Although they say that it is a competitor of 125cc scooters, that's really just to give the average man on the street a point of reference.
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但是同样是锂电池高速度电瓶车，小牛的价格可是亲民多了。
dànshì tóngyàng shì lǐdiànchí gāo sùdù diànpíngchē ，xiǎoniú de jiàgé kě shì qīnmín duō le 。
But both of them are high-speed lithium battery-powered scooters. It's just that the pricing of the NIU scooter is a lot more consumer-friendly.
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骑电瓶车
qí diànpíngchē
To ride an electric scooter.
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哦，就像骑电瓶车一样，有电的时候用的是电力，没电的时候得自己踩，用的是人力。
ò ，jiù xiàng qí diànpíngchē yīyàng ， diàn de shíhou yòng de shì diànlì ，méidiàn de shíhou děi zìjǐ cǎi ，yòng de shì rénlì 。
Oh, I get it. It's just like the electric bike I'm using now. When it has power it uses electricity and when there isn't any, you have to pedal yourself; human-powered.
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