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Chinese
Etymology
The first syllable is borrowed from English down.
Pronunciation
Verb
當機
- (originally Cantonese, colloquial, of a computer) to crash
- (figurative) to go haywire
- (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)