碰
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pèng · to touch

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HSK 3.0 · Level 5Frequency #2829
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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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石Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 碰

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pèngWords pronounced pèng
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Example sentences

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Wǒ dōu méi xiǎng guò huì zài zhè lǐ pèng jiàn nǐ.我都没想过会在这里碰见你。

I didn't expect to see you at a place like this.

Source: Tatoeba #3662924 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Méi duō jiǔ, wǒ men yòu pèng qiǎo yù dào le.没多久,我们又碰巧遇到了。

It was not long before we met again by chance.

Source: Tatoeba #336858 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ zài dà xué pèng dào tā le?你在大学碰到他了?

You met him at the university?

Source: Tatoeba #502881 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yì nián pèng shàng le liǎng qǐ shì gù.她一年碰上了兩起事故。

She had two accidents within a year.

Source: Tatoeba #6146644 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men yuē le qī diǎn zài zhè ér pèng tóu.他们约了七点在这儿碰头。

They planned to get together here at 7 o'clock.

Source: Tatoeba #718626 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ pèng jiàn guò tā le ma?你碰见过她了吗?

Did you meet her?

Source: Tatoeba #713107 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 碰 in context

  1. Say pèng, then recall the core meaning: to touch.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 碰见 (pèng jiàn), meaning “to run into”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 碰 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.