to touch; to meet; to bump
Animated Stroke Order 碰
Stroke Order Diagrams 碰

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HSK Vocabulary: 碰
HSK words that contain this character.
Example Sentences
Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 碰 is used in context
1
wǒ我
men们
míng明
tiān天
zài在
kā咖
fēi啡
diàn店
pèng碰
miàn面
ba吧
。
Let's meet at the coffee shop tomorrow.
2
wǒ我
zài在
jiē街
shàng上
pèng碰
jiàn见
le了
yí一
wèi位
lǎo老
péng朋
yǒu友
。
I bumped into an old friend on the street.
3
wǒ我
pèng碰
qiǎo巧
zhī知
dào道
nà那
jiā家
cān餐
tīng厅
de的
wèi位
zhì置
。
I happen to know the location of that restaurant.
4
wǒ我
pèng碰
qiǎo巧
kàn看
jiàn见
yī一
zhī只
māo猫
。
I happened to see a cat.
5
zuó昨
tiān天
wǒ我
pèng碰
qiǎo巧
zài在
chāo超
shì市
yù遇
dào到
le了
wǒ我
de的
lǎo老
shī师
。
Yesterday I happened to meet my teacher at the supermarket.
6
wǒ我
men们
pèng碰
qiǎo巧
zài在
tóng同
yī一
jiā家
gōng公
sī司
gōng工
zuò作
,
zhè这
zhēn真
shì是
tài太
qiǎo巧
le了
。
We happened to work at the same company, which is such a coincidence.
7
wǒ我
xiǎng想
jiè借
tā他
de的
shū书
,
dàn但
tā他
bù不
jiè借
,
wǒ我
pèng碰
dīng钉
zi子
le了
。
I wanted to borrow his book, but he refused, so I got rejected.
8
tā他
zhǎo找
gōng工
zuò作
de的
shí时
hòu候
pèng碰
le了
hěn很
duō多
dīng钉
zi子
,
dàn但
zuì最
hòu后
zhōng终
yú于
zhǎo找
dào到
le了
yī一
fèn份
hǎo好
gōng工
zuò作
。
He encountered many rejections while job hunting, but eventually found a good job.
9
tā她
xiàng向
lǎo老
bǎn板
tí提
chū出
jiā加
xīn薪
de的
yāo要
qiú求
,
jié结
guǒ果
pèng碰
le了
gè个
dīng钉
zi子
,
zhǐ只
hǎo好
zàn暂
shí时
fàng放
qì弃
zhè这
ge个
xiǎng想
fǎ法
。
She asked her boss for a raise, but got turned down, so she had to put the idea aside for now.
Information
Traditional碰
Radical石
Strokes13
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#1382
Zhuyinㄆㄥˋ
Components—
UnicodeU+78B0
CangjieMRBUK
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Cultural note
Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.
Learn how the Five Elements describe personality