Chinese word

蓝屏

Pronunciation

Pinyinlán píng

Meaning

  • nounblue screen

Example

更新后我的电脑变成了蓝屏。gēng xīn hòu wǒ de diàn nǎo biàn chéng le lán píng

After the update, my computer showed a blue screen.

Illustration for 蓝屏 (blue screen)

More examples

开机时突然蓝屏，不能进入系统。kāi jī shí tū rán lán píng bù néng jìn rù xì tǒng

When I started the computer, it suddenly displayed a blue screen, and I could not enter the system.

Core concept

A solid blue screen marks the point where a computer can no longer work normally.

Common phrases

  • 出现蓝屏chū xiàn lán píng

    display a blue screen

  • 电脑蓝屏diàn nǎo lán píng

    computer blue-screens

  • 蓝屏死机lán píng sǐ jī

    blue-screen crash

Similar words

死机sǐ jī: A condition in which a computer becomes unresponsive and stops accepting commands.
黑屏hēi píng: A condition in which a screen turns fully black with no visible image.
崩溃bēng kuì: A sudden breakdown in which a computer system or program loses its function.
故障gù zhàng: A technical problem in which a device or system no longer works normally.

Definition in Chinese

电脑或显示器突然出现统一的蓝色画面，通常表示系统或硬件发生严重错误导致无法正常工作。diàn nǎo huò xiǎn shì qì tū rán chū xiàn tǒng yī de lán sè huà miàn tōng cháng biǎo shì xì tǒng huò yìng jiàn fā shēng yán zhòng cuò wù dǎo zhì wú fǎ zhèng cháng gōng zuò

Word origin

The compound 蓝屏 (lánpíng, "blue screen") joins the color 蓝 (lán, "blue") to the display surface 屏 (píng, "screen"), using the visible result to name the computer problem.

Usage tips

  • The word identifies a symptom rather than a diagnosis, so it does not by itself show whether software or hardware caused the failure.

Other meanings

  • display a blue screenverb

Opposites

  • 正常状态zhèng cháng zhuàng tàinormal statenoun

Related words

  • 蓝屏死机lán píng sǐ jīblue-screen crashnoun
  • 蓝屏代码lán píng dài mǎblue-screen error codenoun
  • 蓝屏现象lán píng xiàn xiàngblue-screen phenomenonnoun

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