停 电

tíngdiàn

“To have a power failure” in Chinese is 停电 (tíngdiàn).

Meaning

to have a power failure
power cut

Example

暴风雨中，停电了。

The electricity failed during the storm.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

tíngHSK 211 strokesto stop diànHSK 15 strokeslightning

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