断电

斷電

duàndiàn

verb #14,957

Meanings

1 to experience a power outage
2 to have a power failure

Characters

to break; to cut off

electricity; power

Examples

昨晚突然断电了，什么都看不见。

Zuówǎn tūrán duàndiàn le, shénme dōu kàn bú jiàn.

The power suddenly went out last night and I couldn't see anything.

台风过后，整个小区断电了三天。

Táifēng guòhòu, zhěnggè xiǎoqū duàndiàn le sān tiān.

After the typhoon, the whole neighborhood lost power for three days.

Tips

memory

断 (break/cut off) + 电 (electricity) — the electricity gets 'cut off.'

Stroke Order

断 duàn

电 diàn