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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēngkuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄥㄎㄨㄟˋ
  - 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pen-gue
  - MiniDict: pen^平 gue
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pen-gue
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pən⁵⁵ ɡue²¹/

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/	/ɦuʌi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/pəŋ/	/ɦuoi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/pəŋ/	/ɣuɒi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəŋ/	/ɦwəj^H/
Li Rong	/pəŋ/	/ɣuᴀi^H/
Wang Li	/pəŋ/	/ɣuɒi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pəŋ/	/ɣuɑ̆i^H/
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 ›	‹ hwoj^H ›
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

(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
(programming) to crash

Synonyms

(to collapse):

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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.)