単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#12,008 most used

倒壊

とうかい0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

collapse

ITS KANJI

HOW IT SOUNDS

Formal

IN A SENTENCE

The building collapsed in the earthquake.

from Tatoeba · bunbuku

IN OTHER SENTENCES

A lot of buildings collapsed in Japan due to the earthquake yesterday.

from Tatoeba · arihato

MEANING

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

noun · する verb · intransitive

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 倒壊 this one meaning.

SOUNDS THE SAME

東海tōkai regionとうかい · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#12,008 most used

Written倒壊、倒潰

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium