<p>Most formal/suitable sentence to be used - 当机/瘫痪。 instead of 死了，卡了，挂了,没反应</p>

<p><Br/>Best way to translate is </p>

<pre><code>Chinese：我电脑当机/瘫痪了，输入设备操作不了
English：My computer crashed, input devices is not working.
</code></pre>

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user3835327
<p>^_^  I think the answers you provided have been very integrated,  just mostly  we use '死机了' and '卡住了' .</p>

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Oh!  Also can say '瘫痪了' 崩溃了（breakdown)
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user6453
<p>"當機" 的 "當" comes from its Mandarin pronunciation: dang1, which is very similar to the English pronunciation of the word "down".</p>

<p>It has been used since the age of punch-card computers.</p>

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Henry HO
<p>"死机了" is my best choice as it sounds native.</p>

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Xin He
<p>我的电脑。。。</p>

<p>冻结</p>

<p>失速</p>

<p>卡住</p>

<p>？</p>

<p>Also got - 死机了 and 当机 from another board. Any others?</p>

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When your computer freezes/hangs/stalls, stays on same screen, input devices don't work - how do you say that?
# When your computer freezes/hangs/stalls, stays on same screen, input devices don't work - how do you say that?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-26)

我的电脑。。。

冻结

失速

卡住

？

Also got - 死机了 and 当机 from another board. Any others?

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-26. Score: 2

Most formal/suitable sentence to be used - 当机/瘫痪。 instead of 死了，卡了，挂了,没反应

Best way to translate is

```
Chinese：我电脑当机/瘫痪了，输入设备操作不了
English：My computer crashed, input devices is not working.

```


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-09-26. Score: 1

^\_^ I think the answers you provided have been very integrated, just mostly we use '死机了' and '卡住了' .

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Oh!  Also can say '瘫痪了' 崩溃了（breakdown)  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-10-07. Score: 0

"當機" 的 "當" comes from its Mandarin pronunciation: dang1, which is very similar to the English pronunciation of the word "down".

It has been used since the age of punch-card computers.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-10-07. Score: 0

"死机了" is my best choice as it sounds native.


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