故障

Pinyin: gùzhàng

malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming

Example sentence

这个机器出故障了。

Zhège jīqì chū gùzhàng le.

This machine is out of order.

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What 故障 means

故障 (gùzhàng) is a Chinese word meaning “malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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