當機

See also: 当机

Chinese

		phonetic	machine; opportunity; secret
trad. (當機)		當	機
simp. (当机)		当	机
alternative forms		宕機／宕机

Etymology

The first syllable is borrowed from English down.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daang¹ gei¹ / dong¹ gei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˋ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàngji
    • Wade–Giles: tang⁴-chi¹
    • Yale: dàng-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danqji
    • Palladius: данцзи (danczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daang¹ gei¹ / dong¹ gei¹
    • Yale: dāang gēi / dōng gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daang¹ gei¹ / dong¹ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dang¹ géi¹ / dong¹ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/, /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kei̯⁵⁵/

Verb

當機

1. (originally Cantonese, colloquial, of a computer) to crash
2. (figurative) to go haywire

   • 你們的特使艾薩克完全宕機了我們也不知道是怎麼回事 [MSC, trad.]
     你们的特使艾萨克完全宕机了我们也不知道是怎么回事 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019, The Orville, Identity Part 1, [1] at 13:54

     Nǐmen de tèshǐ Àisàkè wánquán dàngjī le wǒmen yě bù zhīdào shì zěnme huí shì [Pinyin]

     Your emissary, Isaac, shut down completely and we have no idea what's wrong.

3. (computing) to shut down a computer, to stop a service (for maintenance etc.)

Usage notes

Now rare in Cantonese.

Synonyms

• (to crash): 死機／死机 (sǐjī), (Cantonese) hang機／hang机
• (to shut down a computer): 停機／停机 (tíngjī)