扇せん風ぷう機き

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

electric fan

Standard word for an electric fan, typically with rotating blades.

It was hot, so I turned on the electric fan.

この扇せん風ぷう機きは首くび振ふり機き能のうが付ついている。

This electric fan has an oscillation function.

扇風機せんぷうきをつけるto turn on a fan
暑あついので扇せん風ぷう機きをつけた。
It was hot, so I turned on the fan.
扇風機せんぷうきを消けすto turn off a fan
寝ねる前まえに扇せん風ぷう機きを消けした。
I turned off the fan before going to sleep.
扇風機せんぷうきの風かぜに当あたるto be exposed to a fan's breeze
扇せん風ぷう機きの風かぜに当あたりながら本ほんを読よんだ。
I read a book while sitting in front of the fan's breeze.
扇風機せんぷうきが回まわるfor a fan's blades to spin
扇せん風ぷう機きがゆっくり回まわっている。
The fan is spinning slowly.

ファンN2
扇風機 is the more formal or technical term for an electric fan, while ファン is the casual loanword used in everyday speech.

内うち輪わ
うちわ is a handheld, non-electric fan you wave by hand, while 扇風機 is an electric appliance with spinning blades.
扇せん子すN2
扇子 is a folding hand fan you open and wave yourself, whereas 扇風機 is a powered electric fan that runs on its own.
エアコンN5
エアコン actually cools (or heats) the air, while 扇風機 only circulates existing air without changing its temperature.

Compound of 扇 (sen, 'fanning') + 風 (fū, 'wind') + 機 (ki, 'machine').

換かん気き扇せん

N1

扇風機 is a fan that blows air to cool people, while 換気扇 is fixed to a wall or ceiling to exchange stale indoor air with outside air.