Chinese symbol for “collapse”
崩溃
bēng kuì
Traditional: 崩潰
to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
The closest CC-CEDICT match for collapse is 崩溃 (bēng kuì), defined as: to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “collapse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瓦解 | wǎ jiě | to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up |
| 倒塌 | dǎo tā | to collapse (of building); to topple over |
| 倒下 | dǎo xià | to collapse; to topple over |
| 垮台 (垮臺) | kuǎ tái | (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power |
| 毙 (獘) | bì | to collapse; variant of 毙 (bì) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 崩溃.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崩塌 | bēng tā | talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope) |
| 崩坏 (崩壞) | bēng huài | crash; breakdown (of social values etc) |
| 崩盘 (崩盤) | bēng pán | (finance) to crash; to collapse |
| 驾崩 (駕崩) | jià bēng | (of an emperor) to pass away |
| 雪崩 | xuě bēng | avalanche |
| 击溃 (擊潰) | jī kuì | to defeat; to smash; to rout |
| 溃疡 (潰瘍) | kuì yáng | ulcer; to ulcerate |
| 溃败 (潰敗) | kuì bài | to be utterly defeated; to be routed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “collapse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.