Fault in Chinese
fault · HSK 5
毛病
- 毛 hair
- 病 illness
Counted with 个: 一个毛病
我的电脑出了点毛病。 Something is wrong with my computer.
Other ways to say fault
More words with 毛 or 病
How do you say fault in Chinese?
Fault in Chinese is 毛病 (máo bìng). You can also say 故障 (gù zhàng), 病 (bìng), 错 (cuò).
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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