崩盘

崩盤

bēngpán

verb

Meanings

1 to crash (of a market)
2 to collapse
3 market crash

Characters

plate; trading board

Examples

HSK 5

一旦信心动摇，整个系统可能崩盘。

Yídàn xìnxīn dòngyáo, zhěnggè xìtǒng kěnéng bēngpán.

Once confidence wavers, the whole system could collapse.

HSK 7-9

2008年股市崩盘让许多投资者血本无归。

Èrlínglíngbā nián gǔshì bēngpán ràng xǔduō tóuzīzhě xuèběn wú guī.

The 2008 stock market crash wiped out many investors.

Tips

usage

Originally a finance term (stock/futures market crash), now used colloquially for anything falling apart - a server 崩盘, a relationship 崩盘, a student's mood 崩盘 before exams.

memory

崩 = to collapse, 盘 = a board/plate (here, the trading board). Picture the big red trading board collapsing in on itself.

Stroke Order

崩 bēng

盘 pán