崩
to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor; demise
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How 崩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
山 (semantic, “mountain”) + 朋 (phonetic, péng)
How to remember it
crumble · Heisig RSH #1926
山 mountain + 朋 companion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 朋
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 朋 (péng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朋 sound component | péng | friend, pal, acquaintance |
| 棚 | péng | shack, shed; tent, awning |
| 绷 | bēng | to bind, to strap, to draw firm |
| 鹏 | péng | fabulous bird of enormous size |
| 硼 | péng | borax, boron |
| 堋 | péng | to bury |
Words containing 崩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从善如登，从恶如崩 | cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng | doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom) |
| 崩老头 | bēng lǎo tóu | (slang) to trick older men into repeatedly sending small sums of money by feigning romanti… |
| 土崩瓦解 | tǔ bēng wǎ jiě | to collapse; to fall apart |
| 天崩地裂 | tiān bēng dì liè | heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster; fig. violent revolution;… |
| 崩龙族 | Bēng lóng zú | the Benglong (Penglung) ethnic group of Yunnan |
| 崩坏作用 | bēng huài zuò yòng | mass wasting (geology); slope movement |
| 分崩离析 | fēn bēng lí xī | to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up; falling to pieces |
| 礼坏乐崩 | lǐ huài yuè bēng | see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4] |
| 礼崩乐坏 | lǐ bēng yuè huài | rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray; cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4] |
| 礼乐崩坏 | lǐ yuè bēng huài | see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4] |
| 礼废乐崩 | lǐ fèi yuè bēng | see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4] |
| 山崩 | shān bēng | landslide; landslip |
| 血崩 | xuè bēng | metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) |
| 崩落 | bēng luò | talus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide |
| 塔崩 | tǎ bēng | tabun (loanword) |
| 崩盘 | bēng pán | (finance) to crash; to collapse; crash |
| 崩倒 | bēng dǎo | to collapse; to crash down; to fall down in a heap |
| 崩症 | bēng zhèng | metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) |
| 雪崩 | xuě bēng | avalanche |
| 精神崩溃 | jīng shén bēng kuì | nervous breakdown |