崩壞

Attestable in Classical Chinese text. Later repopularized among ACG fans and then gradually on the internet from Japanese 崩(ほう)壊(かい) (hōkai), itself simplified from original 崩(ほう)潰(かい) (hōkai).

崩壞

1. to collapse; to break down; to go to pieces; to go to ruins

   • 險險戲戲，崩壞陂池，決勝乃罷。 [MSC, trad.]
     险险戏戏，崩坏陂池，决胜乃罢。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 2nd century CE, Mei Cheng, 七發 (Seven Stimuli)

     Xiǎn xiǎn xì xì, bēnghuài bēichí, juéshèng nǎi bà. [Pinyin]

     Perilous! Precipitous! Storage basins collapse, reservoirs break ― only with decisive victory does it leave off.

   • 仰面看那草屋時，四下裡崩壞了，又被朔風吹撼，搖振得動。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     仰面看那草屋时，四下里崩坏了，又被朔风吹撼，摇振得动。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Yǎngmiàn kàn nà cǎowū shí, sìxiàlǐ bēnghuài le, yòu bèi shuòfēng chuī hàn, yáo zhèn dé dòng. [Pinyin]

     When [he] looked up at the thatched hut, it was collapsing on all sides, and the north wind shook it, making it sway and tremble.

2. to decline; to corrupt; to go to ruins

   • 君道崩壞，下亂，百姓將失其所矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     君道崩坏，下乱，百姓将失其所矣。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Jūndào bēnghuài, xià luàn, bǎixìng jiāng shī qí suǒ yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

崩壞 • (bunggoe) (hangeul 붕괴)

1. hanja form^? of 붕괴 (“a fall; a breakdown; (a) collapse”)

崩壞

1. chữ Hán form of băng hoại (“to corrupt”)