停水 (tíng shuǐ) — to have a water outage, to cut off the water supply
Definition
A verb-object phrase meaning the water supply is cut off (planned outage, repair, or non-payment). 停 is the verb 'to stop'; 水 is 'water' as the object.
verb
to have a water outageto cut off the water supply
Examples
- 停水，。Míng tiān xiǎo qū yào tíng shuǐ, jì de tí qián cún shuǐ.The neighborhood will have a water outage tomorrow — remember to store water in advance.
- 。Shàng ge yuè wǒ men zhè r tíng le liǎng cì shuǐ.Last month we had two water outages here.
- ，停水。Yīn wèi guǎn dào wéi xiū, jīn tiān xià wǔ liǎng diǎn dào wǔ diǎn tíng shuǐ.Due to pipeline maintenance, the water will be off from 2 to 5 PM this afternoon.
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