碰见 (碰見)
pèng jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

碰见 (碰見)
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pèng jiàn
  1. to run into
  2. to meet (unexpectedly)
  3. to bump into

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

碰
pèng
  1. 1 variant: 碰 pèng
碰上
pèng shàng
  1. 1 to run into
  2. 2 to come upon
  3. 3 to meet
碰到
pèng dào
  1. 1 to come across
  2. 2 to run into
  3. 3 to meet
  4. 4 to hit
碰巧
pèng qiǎo
  1. 1 by chance
  2. 2 by coincidence
  3. 3 to happen to
碰撞
pèng zhuàng
  1. 1 to collide
  2. 2 collision

Idioms (2)

瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi
  1. 1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
  2. 2 blind luck
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
  1. 1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
  3. 3 to overrate one's abilities

Sample Sentences

啊哟，刚刚在酒吧门口碰见好几个乞丐。都是小孩子，看着太可怜了。可是给了一个，就围上来一堆。我把零钱都给光了。
āyō ，gānggāng zài jiǔbā ménkǒu pèngjiàn hǎojǐ ge qǐgài 。dōu shì xiǎo háizi ，kànzhe tài kělián le 。kěshì gěi le yīge ，jiù wéi shànglái yīduī 。wǒ bǎ língqián dōu gěi guāng le 。
Oh, man. Just now at the entrance to the bar I bumped into a bunch of beggars. They're all little kids, and they seem really pathetic. But if you give something to one of them, they all pile on around you. I gave out all my spare change.
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好，那我先走了。碰见你真好！
hǎo ，nà wǒ xiān zǒu le 。pèngjiàn nǐ zhēn hǎo ！
OK, I’ll go now then. It was great to run into you!
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你跟别人可不一样。我再忙，都要挤出时间来见你。对了，上次我们在咖啡馆碰见之后，我给你发短信，你怎么都不回啊？我还以为你不想见我呢。
nǐ gēn biérén kě bù yīyàng 。wǒ zài máng ，dōu yào jǐ chū shíjiān lái jiàn nǐ 。duì le ，shàngcì wǒmen zài kāfēiguǎn pèngjiàn zhīhòu ，wǒ gěi nǐ fā duǎnxìn ，nǐ zěnme dōu bù huí ā ？wǒ hái yǐwéi nǐ bù xiǎng jiàn wǒ ne 。
It's different with you than with other people. If I were even busier, I still would squeeze in the time to come and see you. Oh, last time after we met in the coffee shop I sent you a text message, how come you never responded?
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哎，你相信半夜三更出去会碰见鬼吗？
āi ，nǐ xiāngxìn bànyèsāngēng chūqù huì pèngjiàn guǐ ma ？
Hey, do you believe that if you go out in the middle of the night you'll see ghosts?
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在路上碰见一个老同学。
zài lùshang pèngjiàn yī ge lǎo tóngxué 。
I ran into an old classmate on the street.
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碰见
pèngjiàn
To meet randomly.
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