暴崩

Chinese

		sudden; violent; cruel sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	collapse; fall into ruins
simp. and trad. (暴崩)		暴	崩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàobēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàobēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàobeng
    • Wade–Giles: pao⁴-pêng¹
    • Yale: bàu-bēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bawbeng
    • Palladius: баобэн (baobɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹ pɤŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

暴崩

1. (archaic) to die suddenly (refers to a member of the nobility such as the emperor or empress)

   • 永樂太后暴崩，眾論惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     永乐太后暴崩，众论惑焉 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Yǒnglè tàihòu bàobēng, zhònglùn huò yān [Pinyin]

     After the empress dowager of Yongle palace suddenly died, people talked about it with suspicion

References

• Luo, Guanzhong (14th century) Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms, page 55, note 14 (in Mandarin), published 1994, →ISBN