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

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

(originally Cantonese, colloquial, of a computer) to crash
(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, 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.
(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)

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