Chinese symbol for “breakdown”
故障
gù zhàng
malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming
The closest CC-CEDICT match for breakdown is 故障 (gù zhàng), defined as: malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “breakdown”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩坏 (崩壞) | bēng huài | crash; breakdown (of social values etc) |
| 分列 | fēn liè | to divide into rows; to identify subcategories |
| 摰 | niè | to seize with the hand; to grasp |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 故障.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
| 事故 | shì gù | accident; 桩 (zhuāng),起 (qǐ),次 (cì) |
| 故意 | gù yì | deliberately; on purpose |
| 故乡 (故鄉) | gù xiāng | home; homeland |
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 障碍 (障礙) | zhàng ài | barrier; obstruction |
| 社会保障 (社會保障) | shè huì bǎo zhàng | social security |
| 屏障 | píng zhàng | barrier |
See also: Japanese symbol for “breakdown”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.