HSK 6 · Verbs

崩溃 bēngkuì “to collapse” in Chinese

Traditional 崩潰

What 崩溃 means

  1. to collapse
  2. to break down
  3. to crumble
  4. to fall apart

How to say 崩溃

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale崩bēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale溃kuì4th tone, falling

崩溃 in a sentence

  1. 软件又崩溃了。

    Ruǎnjiàn yòu bēngkuì le.

    The software crashed again.

    Sentence #13914958 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 电脑崩溃了。

    Diànnǎo bēngkuì le.

    The computer crashed.

    Sentence #13914971 from Tatoeba

How 崩溃 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 崩 (bēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
崩bēngto collapse
  • 山mountain · shānMeaning part
  • 朋friend · péngSound part

山 hints at the meaning (mountain); 朋 (péng) hints at the sound. Compare it with bēng.

The character 溃 (kuì) with each of its parts in a different colour
溃kuìto break through a dam or dike
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 贵expensive · guìSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 贵 (guì) hints at the sound. Compare it with kuì.

How to write 崩溃

崩 11 strokes · 溃 12 strokes

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崩溃 (bēngkuì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 崩溃 (bēngkuì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 崩溃

More words: Common Verbs

奔波bēnbō · to rush about奔驰bēnchí · to speed蹦bèng · to jump迸发bèngfā · to burst out遍布biànbù · to be found everywhere变质biànzhì · to go bad编织biānzhī · to knit憋biē · to hold in (breath

FAQs

崩溃 (bēngkuì) means “to collapse” or “to break down”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bēngkuì: bēng with a 1st tone, then kuì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 崩溃 is written 崩潰. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bengkui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 崩溃 from the suggestions. Typing bengkui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
崩溃 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.