停电 (停電)
tíng diàn
Pinyin

Definition

停电 (停電)
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tíng diàn
  1. to have a power failure
  2. power cut

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

停
tíng
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to park (a car)
停下
tíng xià
  1. 1 to stop
停机
tíng jī
  1. 1 (of a machine) to stop
  2. 2 to shut down
  3. 3 to park a plane
  4. 4 to finish shooting (a TV program etc)
  5. 5 to suspend a phone line
  6. 6 (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit
停歇
tíng xiē
  1. 1 to stop for a rest
停止
tíng zhǐ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to halt
  3. 3 to cease

Idioms (1)

停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
  1. 1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
  2. 2 in a rut
  3. 3 at a standstill

Sample Sentences

说到停水，我更怕的是停电啊，这样连报告都不能写了，我们就成了名副其实的受灾户了！
shuōdào tíng shuǐ ，wǒ gèng pà de shì tíngdiàn ā ，zhèyàng lián bàogào dōu bù néng xiě le ，wǒmen jiù chéng le míngfùqíshí de shòuzāihù le ！
Speaking of a water outage, what I'm more concerned about is a power outage. If that's the case, we won't be able to work on the reports at all. We really would become "victims" of this natural disaster.
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停班停课，再加停水停电的话，整个就像是回到史前时代了！
tíng bān tíng kè ，zài jiā tíngshuǐ tíngdiàn dehuà ，zhěnggè jiù xiàng shì huí dào shǐqián shídài le ！
There's no school, no work. On top of that there's no power and water on top. It really is like going back to the dark ages.
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咱们还是赶快去写报告吧，别等到真的停电再来哀怨就来不及了。
zánmen háishì gǎnkuài qù xiě bàogào ba ，bié děngdào zhēnde tíngdiàn zài lái āiyuàn jiù láibují le 。
Us two best get back to working on our reports. Otherwise it'll be too late to complain when the power really does cut off.
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第二：飓风佛罗伦斯来袭，不但造成美国东岸五十三人死亡，还引起严重淹水与停电。
dìèr ：jùfēng Fóluólúnsī láixí ，bùdàn zàochéng Měiguó dōngàn wǔshísān rén sǐwáng ，hái yǐnqǐ yánzhòng yānshuǐ yǔ tíngdiàn 。
2. Hurricane Florence strikes, resulting in 53 deaths in the east coast, serious flooding and blackout.
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停电了！怎么办？我什么都看不见！
tíngdiàn le ！zěnme bàn ？wǒ shénme dōu kàn bùjiàn ！
There is a power outage! What do we do? I can't see anything!
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停电了。
tíngdiàn le 。
The power went out.
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啊，停电了！
ā ，tíngdiàn le ！
Ah, the power went out!
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李东！李东！快起床！你这个月的房租还打算交不交啊！我告诉你，你这个月要是再给我拖的话，可别怪我停水停电啊！听见了没有！听见了没有！
Lǐ Dōng ！Lǐ Dōng ！kuài qǐchuáng ！nǐ zhè ge yuè de fángzū hái dǎsuàn jiāo bu jiāo a ！wǒ gàosu nǐ ，nǐ zhè ge yuè yàoshì zài gěi wǒ tuō dehuà ，kě bié guài wǒ tíngshuǐ tíngdiàn a ！tīngjiàn le méiyǒu ！tīngjiàn le méiyǒu ！
Li Dong! Li Dong! Wake up! Are you still planning on handing over this months rent? I'm telling you, if you pay the rent late again this month, don't blame me when I turn off your water and electricity! You hear me?! You hear me?!
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