停电 (tíng diàn) — to have a power outage; to cut off electricity
Definition
停电 (tíng diàn) is a separable verb meaning 'to have a power outage' — the object 电 splits off, e.g. 停了两个小时的电. It describes the event or the planned cut, not a device.
verb
to have a power outageto cut off electricity
Examples
- 停电。Zuó tiān wǎn shàng wǒ men xiǎo qū tíng diàn le.Last night, our neighborhood had a power outage.
- 。Míng tiān shàng wǔ yào tíng liǎng gè xiǎo shí de diàn.Tomorrow morning there will be a two-hour power outage.
- 。Zhè ge yuè yǐ jīng tíng le sān cì diàn le.This month, we've already had three power outages.
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