故障

gù zhàng · gu zhang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. malfunction
  2. breakdown
  3. defect
  4. shortcoming
  5. fault
  6. failure
  7. impediment
  8. error
  9. bug (in software)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)进(jìn)程(chéng)必(bì)须(xū)立(lì)即(jí)停(tíng)止(zhǐ),否(fǒu)则(zé)服(fú)务(wù)器(qì)会(huì)故(gù)障(zhàng)。

This process must be stopped immediately, otherwise the server will break down.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by vicch · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)机(jī)器(qì)出(chū)故(gù)障(zhàng)了(le)。

This machine is out of order.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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