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Chinese symbol for “crash”

崩坏
bēng huài
Traditional: 崩壞
crash; breakdown (of social values etc); burst; to crumble

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crash is 崩坏 (bēng huài), defined as: crash; breakdown (of social values etc); burst; to crumble; to collapse.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

崩 bēng
to rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, demise
radical 46 ⼭ · 11 strokes
坏 huài
bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crash”

WordPinyinMeaning
崩盘 (崩盤)bēng pán(finance) to crash; to collapse
速成sù chéngcrash (course); accelerated (process)
撞车 (撞車)zhuàng chēto crash (into another car); (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash
闪退 (閃退)shǎn tuì(of an app) to crash
哐kuāng(onom.) crash; bang; clang

Related words

Other words that share a character with 崩坏.

WordPinyinMeaning
崩溃 (崩潰)bēng kuìto collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
崩塌bēng tātalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope)
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 bēngavalanche
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage
坏人 (壞人)huài rénbad person; villain
坏事 (壞事)huài shìbad thing; misdeed; to ruin things

See also: Japanese symbol for “crash”.

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.