崩
bēng HSK7

rupture

崩 bēng
chip verb
to suffer a small break or chip on the edge of a hard object (like a blade or ceramic)

这把菜刀不小心磕在石头上，崩了一个口子。

zhè bǎ cài​dāo bù xiǎo​xīn kē zài shí​tou shàng, bēng le yī gè kǒu​zi.

This kitchen knife was accidentally struck against a stone, and a chip was taken out of the blade.

collapse verb
to fall apart, crumble, or fall into ruins, physically or figuratively

由于地质松动，河对岸的那面土坡崩了。

yóu​yú dì​zhì sōng​dòng, hé duì'àn de nà miàn tǔ​pō bēng le.

The earthen slope on the opposite bank collapsed due to loose soil.

demise verb
the death of a king, emperor, or monarch

史书上记载，那位国君在巡游途中崩。

shǐ​shū shàng jì​zǎi, nà wèi guó​jūn zài xún​yóu tú​zhōng bēng.

History records that the monarch passed away during an inspection tour.

pop/expand verb
to cause a grain or food item to suddenly expand or burst open using high pressure (often associated with traditional popcorn making).

这种老式的爆米花是用大米崩出来的。

zhè zhǒng lǎo​shì de bào​mǐ​huā shì yòng dà​mǐ bēng chu​lai de.

This old-fashioned popcorn is made by popping rice.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,178th most common 29.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,813th most common 26.6 per million appears in 15% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.66 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
9.41 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+5D29

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)