Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

to touch; to meet with; to bump

Chinese: 触摸、感动。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “peng” becomes a different word in each tone. 碰 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into; to meet; to hit
  • 碰见pèng jiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into
  • 碰撞pèng zhuàngto collide; collision
  • 碰上pèng shàngto run into; to come upon; to meet
  • 碰巧pèng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence; to happen to

Example Sentence

走路时不小心碰到了桌角。Zǒu lù shí bù xiǎo xīn pèng dào le zhuō jiǎo.While walking, I accidentally bumped into the corner of the table.

走路Zǒu lùto walkshío'clocknot小心xiǎo xīnto be careful碰到pèng dàoto come acrossle(completed action)zhuōtablejiǎoangle