暴崩

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	collapse; fall into ruins
simp. and trad. (暴崩)		暴	崩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàobēng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàobēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàobeng
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴-pêng¹
  - Yale: bàu-bēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawbeng
  - Palladius: баобэн (baobɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ pɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

暴崩

(archaic) to die suddenly (refers to a member of the nobility such as the emperor or empress)
- 永樂太后暴崩，眾論惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  永乐太后暴崩，众论惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Yǒnglè tàihòu bàobēng, zhònglùn huò yān [Pinyin]
  After the empress dowager of Yongle palace suddenly died, people talked about it with suspicion

References

Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms, page 55, note 14 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN