碰 pèng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- Made of
- 石 stone, rock, mineral 並 to combine, to annex
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
碰见
pèngjiàn
to meet by chance
Characters in this word
见 jiàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- 冂 frame 儿 son, child
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我碰见小王。 Wǒ pèngjiàn Xiǎo Wáng. I ran into Xiao Wang.
- 路上碰见她。 Lù shang pèngjiàn tā. I met her on the road.
- 今天碰见老师。 Jīntiān pèngjiàn lǎoshī. I met the teacher today.
Related words
- 碰 pèng to touch or bump into; to meet by chance
- 碰到 pèngdào to run into; to touch
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 看见 kànjiàn to see, to catch sight of
- 听见 tīngjiàn to hear
- 再见 zàijiàn goodbye
- 常见 chángjiàn common
- 见到 jiàndào to see; to meet
- 见过 jiànguo to have seen before
- 意见 yìjiàn opinion
- 可见 kějiàn it is clear that