停机

停機

tíngjī

verb #14,140

Meanings

1 to shut down (a machine)
2 to stop
3 to park a plane
4 downtime
5 out of service (phone)

Characters

machine; device

Examples

服务器需要停机维护。

Fúwùqì xūyào tíngjī wéihù.

The server needs to be shut down for maintenance.

他的手机停机了，打不通。

Tā de shǒujī tíngjī le, dǎ bù tōng.

His phone is out of service and can't be reached.

Tips

usage

For phones, 停机 means the line is suspended (usually due to unpaid bills or no credit on prepaid). For machines/servers, it means shutdown or downtime.

Stroke Order

停 tíng

机 jī