掉线

掉線

diàoxiàn

verb

Meanings

1 to get disconnected (from the internet)
2 to drop offline

Characters

Examples

我刚才打游戏突然掉线了。

Wǒ gāngcái dǎ yóuxì tūrán diàoxiàn le.

I was playing a game and suddenly got disconnected.

视频会议老是掉线，太烦了。

Shìpín huìyì lǎoshì diàoxiàn, tài fán le.

The video meeting keeps dropping, it's so annoying.

你的网怎么又掉线了？

Nǐ de wǎng zěnme yòu diàoxiàn le?

Why has your internet disconnected again?

Tips

usage

Originally literal — 'the line dropped' from telephone-era 电话线. Now covers WiFi, mobile data, and any network connection. For multiplayer gaming specifically, players also say 掉了 or 断线 (duànxiàn, 'broke the line') interchangeably.

Stroke Order

掉 diào

线 xiàn