碰
巧

By chance in Chinese: 碰巧 (pèng qiǎo)

pèng qiǎo

by chance

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1by chance
  2. 2by coincidence
  3. 3to happen to

Stroke order

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碰
巧

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄥˋ

pèng

ㄆ/ pㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧㄠˇ

qiǎo

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我碰巧在路上遇到了老朋友。

    wǒ pèng qiǎo zài lù shang yù dào le lǎo péng yǒu。

    I happened to run into an old friend on the road.

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Related words

碰

pèng

to touch

巧

qiǎo

opportunely

碰见

pèng jiàn

to run into

巧妙

qiǎo miào

ingenious

碰到

pèng dào

to come across

技巧

jì qiǎo

skill

凑巧

còu qiǎo

fortuitously

乖巧

guāi qiǎo

clever (child)

灵巧

líng qiǎo

deft

碰上

pèng shàng

to run into

碰撞

pèng zhuàng

to collide

恰巧

qià qiǎo

by chance

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