停电 (tíng diàn) — to have a power outage; to cut off electricity

Definition

Examples

• 昨天晚上我们小区停电了。
  Zuó tiān wǎn shàng wǒ men xiǎo qū tíng diàn le.
  Last night, our neighborhood had a power outage.
• 明天上午要停两个小时的电。
  Míng tiān shàng wǔ yào tíng liǎng gè xiǎo shí de diàn.
  Tomorrow morning there will be a two-hour power outage.
• 这个月已经停了三次电了。
  Zhè ge yuè yǐ jīng tíng le sān cì diàn le.
  This month, we've already had three power outages.