Chinese word

停水

Pronunciation

Pinyintíng shuǐ

Meaning

  • nounwater outage

Example

明天小区要停水，大家注意备水。míng tiān xiǎo qū yào tíng shuǐ dà jiā zhù yì bèi shuǐ

There will be a water outage in the housing complex tomorrow, so everyone should store some water.

Illustration for 停水 (water outage)

More examples

收到停水通知后，大家要提前准备水。shōu dào tíng shuǐ tōng zhī hòu dà jiā yào tí qián zhǔn bèi shuǐ

After receiving the water outage notice, everyone should store water ahead of time.

Core concept

A neighborhood temporarily loses its ordinary running water while the local service is interrupted.

Common phrases

  • 停水通知tíng shuǐ tōng zhī

    water outage notice

  • 停水期间tíng shuǐ qī jiān

    during a water outage

  • 停水原因tíng shuǐ yuán yīn

    reason for a water outage

Similar words

断水duàn shuǐ: A state in which the water supply is cut off and no water comes from the tap.
缺水quē shuǐ: A condition in which a region lacks enough water for normal use because supplies have fallen.

Definition in Chinese

由于维修、管网调整或临时调度等原因，暂时中断自来水或生活用水的供应，通常有明确的开始和结束时间。yóu yú wéi xiū guán wǎng tiáo zhěng huò lín shí diào dù děng yuán yīn zàn shí zhōng duàn zì lái shuǐ huò shēng huó yòng shuǐ de gōng yìng tōng cháng yǒu míng què de kāi shǐ hé jié shù shí jiān

Word origin

The compound joins 停 (tíng, "stop") with 水 (shuǐ, "water"), directly naming a period when water service stops.

Usage tips

  • This word usually concerns the local water service as a whole, not just one person's empty tap, so it naturally appears in neighborhood discussions.

Opposites

  • 供水gōng shuǐwater supplynoun

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