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故障

gùzhàng
nounHSK 6

“Malfunction” in Chinese is 故障 (gùzhàng).

Meaning

  • malfunction
  • breakdown
  • defect
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  • shortcoming
  • fault
  • failure
  • impediment
  • error
  • bug (in software)

Example

我遇到了故障。

I encountered a problem.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng, to applaud)