崩潰

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See also: 崩溃

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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
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/ /*ˁj-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. * 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):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (崩潰):

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】
decay, deterioration, disintegration
collapse
to collapse
to decay, to deteriorate, to disintegrate
(This term, 崩潰, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)
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