停電

See also: 停电

Chinese

		to halt	electricity
trad. (停電)		停	電
simp. (停电)		停	电

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíngdiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ting⁴ din⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hen³ en⁵

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thìn-thien
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): deng² deng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thêng-tiān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): têng⁵ diang⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶din ⁶di

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíngdiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíngdiàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻing²-tien⁴
    • Yale: tíng-dyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyngdiann
    • Palladius: тиндянь (tindjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiŋ³⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ting⁴ din⁶
    • Yale: tìhng dihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ting⁴ din⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ting⁴ din⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪŋ²¹ tiːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hen³ en⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hen²² en³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thìn-thien
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin^ˇ tien
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin² tian⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹ tʰi̯en⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng² deng⁵ [Phonetic: deng⁴ deng⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: déng-dēng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² tɛŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: deng² deng⁵ [Phonetic: deng⁴ deng⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛŋ²⁴⁻⁴² tɛŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thêng-tiān
    • Tâi-lô: thîng-tiān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tengdien
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɛn⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ¹³⁻²² tiɛn²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɛn³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²³⁻³³ tiɛn³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng⁵ diang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thêng tiăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tiaŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶din ⁶di
    • MiniDict: din^去 di^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³din ³di
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /din³³  di²³/

Verb

停⫽電 (verb-object)

1. (impersonal) to lose power due to a blackout; to have a power outage

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 停電 (“to lose power due to a blackout; to have a power outage”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		停電
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	停電
	Malaysia	割電
Cantonese	Hong Kong	停電
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	失電
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	失電
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	失電
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	失電, 停電
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	失電
Southern Min	Kaohsiung	失電
	Penang (Hokkien)	無電
	Manila (Hokkien)	停電

Japanese

Kanji in this term
停	電
てい Grade: 5	でん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [te̞ːdẽ̞ɴ]
• (Tokyo) てーでん [tèédéń] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

停(てい)電(でん) • (teiden) 

1. blackout (a large-scale power failure)

Verb

停(てい)電(でん)する • (teiden suru) intransitive suru (stem 停(てい)電(でん)し (teiden shi), past 停(てい)電(でん)した (teiden shita))

1. to lose power (due to a blackout)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "停電する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	停電し	ていでんし	teiden shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	停電し	ていでんし	teiden shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	停電する	ていでんする	teiden suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	停電する	ていでんする	teiden suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	停電すれ	ていでんすれ	teiden sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	停電せよ¹ 停電しろ²	ていでんせよ¹ ていでんしろ²	teiden seyo¹ teiden shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	停電される	ていでんされる	teiden sareru
Causative	停電させる 停電さす	ていでんさせる ていでんさす	teiden saseru teiden sasu
Potential	停電できる	ていでんできる	teiden dekiru
Volitional	停電しよう	ていでんしよう	teiden shiyō
Negative	停電しない	ていでんしない	teiden shinai
Negative continuative	停電せず	ていでんせず	teiden sezu
Formal	停電します	ていでんします	teiden shimasu
Perfective	停電した	ていでんした	teiden shita
Conjunctive	停電して	ていでんして	teiden shite
Hypothetical conditional	停電すれば	ていでんすれば	teiden sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “停電”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
停	電

Noun

停電 • (jeongjeon) (hangeul 정전)

1. hanja form^? of 정전 (“blackout (a large-scale power failure)”)