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Chinese symbol for “crumble”

崩溃
bēng kuì
Traditional: 崩潰
to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crumble is 崩溃 (bēng kuì), defined as: to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart.

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
溃 kuì
a flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse
radical 85 ⽔ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crumble”

WordPinyinMeaning
颓 (頹)tuíto crumble; to collapse
瓦解wǎ jiěto collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up
碎suì(transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered
弄碎nòng suìto crumble
解体 (解體)jiě tǐto break up into components; to disintegrate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 崩溃.

WordPinyinMeaning
崩塌bēng tātalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope)
崩坏 (崩壞)bēng huàicrash; 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 bēngavalanche
击溃 (擊潰)jī kuìto defeat; to smash; to rout
溃疡 (潰瘍)kuì yángulcer; to ulcerate
溃败 (潰敗)kuì bàito be utterly defeated; to be routed

See also: Japanese symbol for “crumble”.

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.

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