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Meaning

collapse; fall into ruins

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “beng” becomes a different word in each tone. 崩 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 崩溃bēng kuìto collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
  • 山崩shān bēnglandslide; landslip
  • 崩决bēng juéto burst (of dam); to be breached; to collapse
  • 崩落bēng luòtalus slide; to crumble (of scree slope); to collapse; landslide
  • 崩倒bēng dǎoto collapse; to crash down; to fall down in a heap

Example Sentence

地震时,山上发生了崩塌。Dì zhèn shí, shān shàng fā shēng le bēng tā.During the earthquake, a collapse occurred on the mountain.

地震Dì zhènearthquakeshío'clockshānmountainshàngonto send outshēngto arisele(completed action)崩塌bēng tātalus slide