故障 gùzhàng▶ culpa, defecto

Stroke order

故障 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 故 — 9 strokes
• 障 — 13 strokes

Senses

1. malfunction
2. breakdown
3. defect
4. shortcoming
5. fault
6. failure
7. impediment
8. error
9. bug (in software)

Related words

• 事故Accidente
• 保障garantizar
• 变故Desgracia
• 屏障pared; barrera
• 故乡Ciudad natal
• 缘故razón

故障 is pronounced gùzhàng and means “culpa, defecto”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 故障 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.