磕碰
kē pèng · to knock against; to bump into; to have a disagreement
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 磕碰
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
old variant of 碰[peng4]; to touch; to meet with; to bump; variant of 碰[peng4]
碰见pèngjiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
碰撞pèngzhuàngto collide; collision
磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
碰钉子pèngdīngzito meet with a rebuff
碰巧pèngqiǎoby chance; by coincidence; to happen to