A power inverter includes a plurality of bridge arms and a plurality of switching circuits. The bridge arms are electrically coupled to a first and a second dc node and a neutral point node, and respectively coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of ac output nodes to provide an ac output voltage and output current via the ac output node. The switching circuits are respectively coupled between a corresponding one of the ac output nodes and the neutral point node. Each of the switching circuits includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first diode and a second diode. The first and the second transistors are coupled in series to each other. The first and the second diodes are electrically coupled in inverse-parallel to the first and the second transistors respectively.