碰 (pèng): to touch, to bump
碰 (pèng) is a Chinese character meaning “to touch, to bump.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 並 (phonetic). It ranks #1363 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 碰 rock. Its radical form 石 (stone) appears in many related characters such as 确 (què, certain, true), 碗 (wǎn, bowl), 石 (shí, stone).
Definitions
- to touch, to bump
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 碰
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 碰到 | pèng dào | to come across |
| 碰巧 | pèng qiǎo | by chance |
| 碰上 | pèng shàng | to run into |
| 碰头 | pèng tóu | to meet |
| 碰面 | pèng miàn | to meet |
| 碰壁 | pèng bì | to hit a wall |
| 碰碰车 | pèng pèng chē | bumper car |
| 硬碰硬 | yìng pèng yìng | to meet force with force |
| 碰钉子 | pèng dīng zi | to meet with a rebuff |
| 磕碰 | kē pèng | to knock against |
| 对对碰 | duì duì pèng | concentration (a pair-matching game) |
| 单方过失碰撞 | dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng | collision in which only one party is at fault |
| 碰运气 | pèng yùn qi | to try one's luck |
| 门碰 | mén pèng | doorstop |
| 碰一鼻子灰 | pèng yī bí zi huī | lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt |
碰 appears in 31 compound words: 65 as the first character, 16 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 碰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
我们在会议上碰面，讨论了一下合作的可能性。
Wǒmen zài huìyì shang pèngmiàn, tǎolùn le yíxià hézuò de kěnéngxìng.
We met at the meeting and discussed the possibility of cooperation.
9岁童碰撞“眼球忽然转不动” 医揭“线性爆裂性骨...
9 suì tóng pèng zhuàng yǎn qiú hū rán zhuǎn bù dòng yī jiē xiàn xìng bào liè xìng gǔ . . .
9-Year-Old Suffers Collision, "Eyes Suddenly Unable to Move"; Doctor Explains "Linear Blast-Induced Fracture"...
彰化竹塘乡两车对向碰撞1车变形 双方驾驶、乘客全挂彩
zhāng huà zhú táng xiāng liǎng chē duì xiàng pèng zhuàng 1 chē biàn xíng shuāng fāng jià shǐ , chéng kè quán guà cǎi
Changhua Zhutang Township two vehicles collided in opposite directions, 1 car was deformed, and both drivers and passengers were fully colored
台中荣总助理性扰女病患 手肘碰胸还故意问“这里有人碰厚”
tái zhōng róng zǒng zhù lǐ xìng rǎo nǚ bìng huàn shǒu 肘 pèng xiōng hái gù yì wèn zhè lǐ yǒu rén pèng hòu
Taichung Rong's general assistant sexually harassed a female patient with his elbow on his chest and deliberately asked, "Someone here touches thick"
经典赛》不怕台式应援的软银明强碰台湾队 监督有个希望
jīng diǎn sài bù pà tái shì yīng yuán de ruǎn yín míng qiáng pèng tái wān duì jiān dū yǒu gè xī wàng
Classic" Softbank, which is not afraid of Taiwanese support, has a hope for the Taiwan team
轉彎碰撞 高雄公車去年21事故2死
轉 彎 pèng zhuàng gāo xióng gōng 車 qù nián shì gù sǐ
Turning collision Kaohsiung bus 21 accidents last year 2 deaths
你在大学碰到他了？
Nǐ zài dàxué pèngdào tā le?
You met him at the university?
您碰巧有一本额外的英文字典吗？
Nín pèngqiǎo yǒu yī běn éwài de Yīngwén zìdiǎn ma?
Do you have an extra English dictionary by any chance?
你碰巧认识了布朗教授吗？
Nǐ pèngqiǎo rènshi le Bùlǎng jiàoshòu ma?
Do you happen to know Professor Brown?
孩子，不要碰那面镜子！
Háizi, bù yào pèng nà miànjìng zǐ!
Kid, don't touch the mirror!
Character Family
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