Definition
停水 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to have a water outage' or 'to cut off the water supply'. The verb 停 and the noun 水 can be separated when adding duration, frequency, or aspect markers — for example, 停了三天水 ('the water was off for three days') or 停过一次水 ('there was one water outage'). You usually use it in the context of a scheduled or unexpected interruption of running water to a building or area.
v.o.
to have a water outageto cut off the water supply
Examples
- 停水，。Míngtiān xiǎoqū yào tíng shuǐ, jìde tíqián cún shuǐ.The neighborhood will have a water outage tomorrow — remember to store water in advance.
- 。Shàng gè yuè wǒmen zhèr tíng le liǎng cì shuǐ.Last month we had two water outages here.
- ，停水。Yīnwèi guǎndào wéixiū, jīntiān xiàwǔ 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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