停电

停電
tíngdiàn
verb HSK 7 #6,425

Meanings

  1. 1 power outage; blackout
  2. 2 to have a power cut

Characters

Literally 'stop electricity.'

Examples

Zuótiān wǎnshang tūrán tíngdiàn le.
The power suddenly went out last night.
Táifēng dǎozhì zhěnggè chéngshì tíngdiàn.
The typhoon caused a city-wide blackout.
Wùyè tōngzhī shuō míngtiān yào tíngdiàn liǎng gè xiǎoshí.
The property management notified us of a two-hour power outage tomorrow.

Tips

usage
停电 works as both a verb (停电, 'the power went out') and a noun (停电, 'a power outage'). The pattern X is productive: 停水 (tíngshuǐ, 'water outage'), (tíngqì, 'gas outage'), (tíngwǎng, 'internet outage').

Stroke Order

tíng
diàn