Breakdown in Chinese
breakdown · HSK 6
故障
- 故 reason
- 障 to obstruct
Counted with 个: 一个故障
电梯出了故障，我们只好走楼梯。 The elevator broke down, so we had to take the stairs.
More words with 故 or 障
How do you say breakdown in Chinese?
Breakdown in Chinese is 故障 (gù zhàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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