电梯
مستوى HSK 4
بينيين: diàn tī
ترجمة: مصعد؛ مصعد
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我坐电梯上了五楼。 wǒ zuò diàntī shàngle wǔ lóu. I took the elevator to the fifth floor.
电梯坏了，我们只好走楼梯。 diàntī huàile, wǒmen zhǐhǎo zǒu lòutī. The elevator was broken, so we had to take the stairs.
请在电梯口等候。 qǐng zài diàntī kǒu děnghòu. Please wait at the elevator entrance.
升降机 (shēngjiàngjī) lift
电梯 (diàntī) elevator
The Chinese word for "elevator" is 电梯 (diàn tī), which literally means "electric lift". The word 电 (diàn) means "electric", and the word 梯 (tī) means "ladder" or "stairs". The term 电梯 was coined in the late 19th century, when the first electric elevators were introduced in China. Before that, elevators were powered by steam or hydraulics, and were known by different names, such as 升降机 (shēng jiàng jī) or 升降梯 (shēng jiàng tī).The word 电梯 is a compound word, consisting of two characters: 电 (diàn) and 梯 (tī). The character 电 (diàn) is a pictograph of a lightning bolt, and it represents the concept of electricity. The character 梯 (tī) is a pictograph of a ladder, and it represents the concept of climbing or ascending. When these two characters are combined, they form the word 电梯 (diàn tī), which literally means "electric lift".The word 电梯 is used to refer to both passenger elevators and freight elevators. In addition, it can also be used to refer to escalators, which are moving staircases.
