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Chinese
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collapse; fall into ruins
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be dispersed; break down
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trad. (崩潰)
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崩
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潰
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simp. (崩溃)
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崩
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溃
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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崩
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潰
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bēng
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kuì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pong ›
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‹ hwojH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*Cə.pˁəŋ/
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/*ˁj-s/
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English
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collapse (v., of a mountain)
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break through an embankment (of water)
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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崩
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潰
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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9658
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4716
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Phonetic component
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朋
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貴
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Rime group
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蒸
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微
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Rime subdivision
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0
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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潰
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Old Chinese
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/*pɯːŋ/
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/*ɡluːls/
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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
- 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
Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of 崩潰 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 崩潰, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)
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