崩壞

See also: 崩壊

Chinese

		collapse; fall into ruins	bad; evil; rotten bad; evil; rotten; spoiled
trad. (崩壞)		崩	壞
simp. (崩坏)		崩	坏

Etymology

Attestable in Classical Chinese text. Later repopularized among ACG fans and then gradually on the internet from Japanese 崩(ほう)壊(かい) (hōkai), itself simplified from original 崩(ほう)潰(かい) (hōkai).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bēnghuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄥ ㄏㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bang¹ waai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bēnghuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄥ ㄏㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: benghuài
    • Wade–Giles: pêng¹-huai⁴
    • Yale: bēng-hwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benghuay
    • Palladius: бэнхуай (bɛnxuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bang¹ waai⁶
    • Yale: bāng waaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bang¹ waai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: beng¹ wai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐŋ⁵⁵ waːi̯²²/

Verb

崩壞

1. to collapse; to break down; to go to pieces; to go to ruins

   • 險險戲戲，崩壞陂池，決勝乃罷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     险险戏戏，崩坏陂池，决胜乃罢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 2nd cneutry CE, Mei Cheng, 七發

     Xiǎn xiǎn xì xì, bēnghuài bēichí, juéshèng nǎi bà. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 仰面看那草屋時，四下裡崩壞了，又被朔風吹撼，搖振得動。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     仰面看那草屋时，四下里崩坏了，又被朔风吹撼，摇振得动。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14^th century CE

     Yǎngmiàn kàn nà cǎowū shí, sìxiàlǐ bēnghuài le, yòu bèi shuòfēng chuī hàn, yáo zhèn dé dòng. [Pinyin]

     When [he] looked up at the thatched hut, it was collapsing on all sides, and the north wind shook it, making it sway and tremble.

2. to decline; to corrupt; to go to ruins

   • 君道崩壞，下亂，百姓將失其所矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     君道崩坏，下乱，百姓将失其所矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Jūndào bēnghuài, xià luàn, bǎixìng jiāng shī qí suǒ yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 禮崩樂壞／礼崩乐坏 (lǐbēngyuèhuài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
崩	壞
ほう Grade: S	かい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 崩壞 – 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 Alternative spelling 崩潰

(This term, 崩壞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
崩	壞

Noun

崩壞 • (bunggoe) (hangeul 붕괴)

1. hanja form^? of 붕괴 (“a fall; a breakdown; (a) collapse”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
崩	壞

Verb

崩壞

1. chữ Hán form of băng hoại (“to corrupt”).