故障

gù zhàng

B1 Level 5

故障 (gù zhàng) is a Chinese word meaning “malfunction”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

電梯故障了,請走樓梯。

The elevator is out of order; please take the stairs.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).