崩潰

See also: 崩溃

Chinese

		collapse; fall into ruins	be dispersed; break down
trad. (崩潰)		崩	潰
simp. (崩溃)		崩	溃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēngkuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄥ ㄎㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bang¹ kui²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): png-khùi / pheng-hùi / peng-khùi / peng-khòe / peng-pùi
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹pen-gue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēngkuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄥ ㄎㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bengkuèi
    • Wade–Giles: pêng¹-kʻuei⁴
    • Yale: bēng-kwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bengkuey
    • Palladius: бэнкуй (bɛnkuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bang¹ kui²
    • Yale: bāng kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bang¹ kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: beng¹ kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐŋ⁵⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: png-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: png-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pngquix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pŋ̍³³ kʰui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pheng-hùi
    • Tâi-lô: phing-huì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phenghuix
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-khùi
    • Tâi-lô: ping-khuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengquix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-khòe
    • Tâi-lô: ping-khuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengqoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng-pùi
    • Tâi-lô: ping-puì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pengpuix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² pui²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹pen-gue
    • MiniDict: pen^平 gue
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pen-gue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən⁵⁵ ɡue²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: pong hwojH

Rime
Character	崩	潰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	登 (129)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	北滕切	胡對切
Baxter	pong	hwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pəŋ/	/ɦuʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/pəŋ/	/ɦuoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/pəŋ/	/ɣuɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəŋ/	/ɦwəjH/
Li Rong	/pəŋ/	/ɣuᴀiH/
Wang Li	/pəŋ/	/ɣuɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pəŋ/	/ɣuɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bēng	huì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bang1	wui6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.pˤəŋ  [ɡʷ]ˤ[ə]j-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pɯːŋ  ɡluːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崩	潰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēng	kuì
Middle Chinese	‹ pong ›	‹ hwojH ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.pˁəŋ/	/*[ɡʷ]ˁ[ə]j-s/
English	collapse (v., of a mountain)	break through an embankment (of water)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	崩	潰
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9658	4716
Phonetic component	朋	貴
Rime group	蒸	微
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime		潰
Old Chinese	/*pɯːŋ/	/*ɡluːls/

Verb

崩潰

1. (intransitive) to collapse; to fall apart; to crumble; to have a breakdown

   瀕臨崩潰／濒临崩溃  ―  bīnlín bēngkuì  ―  to be close to collapsing

2. (programming) to crash

Synonyms

• (to collapse):

• 倒冧 (dou² lam³) (Cantonese)
• 倒塌 (dǎotā)
• 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
• 凹陷 (āoxiàn)
• 坍塌 (tāntā)
• 垮 (kuǎ)
• 垮臺／垮台 (kuǎtái) (figurative)
• 塌 (tā)
• 塌方 (tāfāng)
• 塌臺／塌台 (tātái) (figurative)
• 塌落 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 塌頭／塌头 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 崩坍 (bēngtān)
• 崩塌 (bēngtā)
• 崩敗／崩败 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 崩裂 (bēngliè)
• 崩陷 (Hokkien, literary)
• 瓦解 (wǎjiě)
• 窞肚 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 解體／解体 (jiětǐ)
• 陷落 (xiànluò)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (崩潰):

• → Japanese: 崩壊(ほうかい) (hōkai)
• → Korean: 붕궤(崩潰) (bunggwe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
崩	潰
ほう Grade: S	かい Grade: S
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 崩潰 – see the following entry.

【崩壊ほうかい】 [noun] decay, deterioration, disintegration [noun] collapse [verb] to collapse [verb] to decay, to deteriorate, to disintegrate

(This term, 崩潰, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)