# 停电 (tíngdiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 停电 (tíngdiàn) means “to have a power outage; blackout”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to have a power outage; blackout
- Pinyin: tíngdiàn (ting2 dian4)
- Traditional: 停電
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 昨晚我们小区突然停电了。
  Zuówǎn wǒmen xiǎoqū tūrán tíngdiàn le.
  Our neighborhood had a sudden power outage last night.

## Characters

- [停](https://hanziro.com/word/ting-stop/) (tíng): to stop; to park
- [电](https://hanziro.com/word/dian-electricity/) (diàn): electricity; electric

https://hanziro.com/word/ting-dian-have-power-outage/

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