暴崩

Mandarin

Verb

暴崩 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bàobēng)

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

References

• (Can we date this quote?) Guanzhong Luo, Annotated Romance of the Three Kingdoms, page 55, note 14 (in Mandarin), ISBN 957911305X:
• "暴崩" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-01-06.