兆瓦 (zhào wǎ) — megawatt

Definition

classifier
megawatt

Examples

  • 兆瓦。
    Zhè ge diàn zhàn de fā diàn néng lì shì wǔ bǎi zhào wǎ.
    This power station has a capacity of 500 megawatts.
  • 兆瓦。
    Yì tái dà xíng fēng lì fā diàn jī kě yǐ chǎn shēng jǐ zhào wǎ de diàn.
    A large wind turbine can generate several megawatts of electricity.
  • 兆瓦。
    Zhè ge chéng shì de yòng diàn gāo fēng dá dào le yì qiān zhào wǎ.
    The city's peak electricity demand reached one thousand megawatts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

兆zhàomillion
瓦wǎwatt

兆 means million and 瓦 names the watt, so the term is a unit of power equal to a million watts.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 兆 shows two 人 (person) parts on either side of a 水 (water) part: two people fleeing with their backs to a flood.

Open 兆 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

瓦’s shape is a picture of fired earthenware pottery or a tile.

Open 瓦 →

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