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崩

bēng

HSK 6 Character

What 崩 means

1. to collapse
2. to fall into ruins
3. death of king or emperor
4. demise

Example sentences

• 游戏崩溃。
  The game crashed.
• 电脑崩溃了。
  The computer crashed.
• 软件又崩溃了。
  The app crashed again.
• 状态已经崩溃了。
  My mood is shot.
• 屋顶突然崩塌了。
  The roof of the house suddenly buckled.
• 交通被山崩所阻断。
  Jiāotōng bèi shānbēng suǒ zǔduàn.
  Traffic was blocked by a landslide.

Words starting with 崩

• 崩溃bēng kuìto collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
• 崩塌bēng tātalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse
• 崩倒bēng dǎoto collapse; to crash down; to fall down in a heap
• 崩坏bēng huàicrash; breakdown (of social values etc); burst
• 崩摧bēng cuīto collapse; to shatter
• 崩毁bēng huǐto collapse; to cave in
• 崩决bēng juéto burst (of dam); to be breached; to collapse
• 崩漏bēng lòuuterine bleeding
• 崩症bēng zhèngmetrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
• 崩盘bēng pán(finance) to crash; to collapse; crash
• 崩落bēng luòtalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse
• 崩裂bēng lièto rupture; to burst open; to break up
• 崩陷bēng xiànto fall in; to cave in
• 崩大碗bēng dà wǎngotu kola (Centella asiatica), herbaceous plant
• 崩老头bēng lǎo tóu(slang) to trick older men into repeatedly sending small sums of money by feigning…
• 崩龙族Bēng lóng zúthe Benglong (Penglung) ethnic group of Yunnan
• 崩坏作用bēng huài zuò yòngmass wasting (geology); slope movement
• 崩坍bēng tānlandslide; collapse (of mountain side); talus slide
• 崩殂bēng cú(of an emperor) to die

Words containing 崩

• 雪崩xuě bēngavalanche
• 土崩瓦解tǔ bēng wǎ jiěto collapse; to fall apart
• 塔崩tǎ bēngtabun (loanword)
• 山崩shān bēnglandslide; landslip
• 枪崩qiāng bēng(colloquial) to shoot dead
• 血崩xuè bēngmetrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
• 驾崩jià bēng(of an emperor) to pass away
• 分崩离析fēn bēng lí xīto collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up; falling to pieces
• 天崩地裂tiān bēng dì lièheaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster…
• 礼崩乐坏lǐ bēng yuè huàirites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray; cf. 礼乐
• 精神崩溃jīng shén bēng kuìnervous breakdown
• 从善如登，从恶如崩cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēngdoing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
• 礼坏乐崩lǐ huài yuè bēngsee 礼崩乐坏
• 礼废乐崩lǐ fèi yuè bēngsee 礼崩乐坏
• 礼乐崩坏lǐ yuè bēng huàisee 礼崩乐坏

Characters built on 朋

These share the phonetic component 朋 (péng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 棚péngshed; canopy; shack
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 硼péngboron (chemistry)
• 堋péngtarget in archery

Characters that look like 崩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim
• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 惑huòto confuse; to be puzzled
• 恭gōngrespectful

Sounds the same

Read bēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绷to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 嘣(onomatopoeia) thump; boom; bang
• 伻to cause
• 祊side altar inside ancestral temple