Chinese symbol for “downtime”
停机时间
tíng jī shí jiān
Traditional: 停機時間
downtime (computer network, power plant etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for downtime is 停机时间 (tíng jī shí jiān), defined as: downtime (computer network, power plant etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 停机时间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 停止 | tíng zhǐ | to stop; to halt; to cease |
| 不停 | bù tíng | incessant |
| 暂停 (暫停) | zàn tíng | to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports) |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc) |
| 停车 (停車) | tíng chē | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park |
| 停车场 (停車場) | tíng chē chǎng | parking lot; car park |
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 机会 (機會) | jī huì | opportunity; chance |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
See also: Japanese symbol for “downtime”.
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.