碰
到

To come across in Chinese: 碰到 (pèng dào)

pèng dào

to come across

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to come across
  2. 2to run into
  3. 3to meet
  4. 4to hit

Stroke order

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碰
到

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄥˋ

pèng

ㄆ/ pㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我今天在街上碰到了一个老朋友。

    wǒ jīn tiān zài jiē shàng pèng dào le yí gè lǎo péng yǒu。

    I ran into an old friend on the street today.

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Related words

到

dào

to reach

碰

pèng

to touch

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

遇到

yù dào

to meet

到处

dào chù

everywhere

到底

dào dǐ

finally

受到

shòu dào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)

达到

dá dào

to reach

到达

dào dá

to reach

碰见

pèng jiàn

to run into

周到

zhōu dào

thoughtful

得到

dé dào

to get

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