# 故障 (gùzhàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 故障 (gùzhàng) means “malfunction; breakdown”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: malfunction; breakdown
- Pinyin: gùzhàng (gu4 zhang4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这台电脑突然出了故障。
  Zhè tái diànnǎo tūrán chūle gùzhàng.
  This computer suddenly had a malfunction.

## Characters

- [故](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-reason/) (gù): reason; therefore
- 障 (zhàng): to block; to hinder

https://hanziro.com/word/gu-zhang-malfunction/

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