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

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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/

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

Synonyms

• 解體／解体 (jiětǐ)
• 瓦解 (wǎjiě)
• (Min Nan) 崩敗／崩败

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (崩潰):

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

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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.)