撞 (zhuàng): to knock against, to bump into, to run into
撞 (zhuàng) is a Chinese character meaning “to knock against.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 童 (phonetic). It ranks #1530 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 撞 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to knock against
- to bump into
- to run into
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 撞
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撞击 | zhuàng jī | to strike |
| 撞车 | zhuàng chē | to crash (into another car) |
| 撞见 | zhuàng jiàn | to meet by accident |
| 冲撞 | chōng zhuàng | to collide |
| 莽撞 | mǎng zhuàng | rash |
| 相撞 | xiāng zhuàng | collision |
| 横冲直撞 | héng chōng zhí zhuàng | (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing |
| 顶撞 | dǐng zhuàng | to contradict (elders or superiors) |
| 跌跌撞撞 | diē die zhuàng zhuàng | to stagger along |
| 撞针 | zhuàng zhēn | firing pin |
| 撞倒 | zhuàng dǎo | to knock down |
| 撞伤 | zhuàng shāng | bruise |
| 招摇撞骗 | zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn | (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority |
| 对撞机 | duì zhuàng jī | a particle collider |
| 大型强子对撞机 | dà xíng qiáng zǐ duì zhuàng jī | Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland |
撞 appears in 46 compound words: 46 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 22 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 撞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
doddering; tottering; faltering; rash; reckless; staggering along in life
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 撞.
Example Sentences
两辆车在路口相撞,幸好没有人员伤亡。
Liǎng liàng chē zài lùkǒu xiāngzhuàng, xìnghǎo méiyǒu rényuán shāngwáng.
Two cars collided at the intersection; fortunately, there were no casualties.
男子骑车出游经南横疑自撞护栏 坠边坡送医不治
nán zǐ qí chē chū yóu jīng nán héng yí zì zhuàng hù lán zhuì biān pō sòng yī bù zhì
The man was riding a bicycle through South Heng and was suspected of crashing into a guardrail and falling down a slope and was taken to hospital where he died
8岁男骑车游南横 撞护栏抛飞摔溪底亡
8 suì nán qí chē yóu nán héng zhuàng hù lán pāo fēi shuāi xī de wáng
An 8-year-old male rode a bicycle to the south and crashed into a guardrail and fell to the bottom of the stream and died
年假首日撞! 国1后里2车追撞翻 撞瞬曝光
nián jiǎ shǒu rì zhuàng ! guó 1 hòu lǐ 2 chē zhuī zhuàng fān zhuàng shùn pù guāng
The first day of the annual holiday crashed! After the 1st year, 2 cars chased and overturned and the collision was instantly exposed
机车擦撞南横瓦筏哈桥护栏 骑士摔落送医仍不治
jī chē cā zhuàng nán héng wǎ 筏 hā qiáo hù lán qí shì shuāi luò sòng yī réng bù zhì
The locomotive collided with the guardrail of the Ha Bridge on the South Hengwa Raft, and the rider fell and was sent to the hospital and still died
...新春见闻)探访阿波迪科技小院:中国春节“撞上”巴..
. . . xīn chūn jiàn wén tàn fǎng ā bō dí kē jì xiǎo yuàn zhōng guó chūn jié zhuàng shǎng bā . .
... (Chinese New Year) Visit to Abodi Science and Technology Center: Chinese New Year "collides" with Ba...
汤姆把头撞到车顶了。
Tāng mǔ bǎtóu zhuàngdào chē dǐng le.
Tom bumped his head on the roof of the car.
哎哟,撞到你了,对不起!
āiyō, zhuàngdào nǐ le, duìbuqǐ!
Ah, I hit you, sorry!
我头撞到了门,肿了一块。
Wǒ tóu zhuàngdào le mén, zhǒng le yī kuài.
I bumped my head against the door and got a lump.
他过马路时差点被车撞。
Tā guòmǎlù shíchā diǎn bèi chē zhuàng.
He was almost hit by a car while crossing the street.
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