萍
水
相
逢

Strangers coming together by chance (idiom) in Chinese: 萍水相逢 (píng shuǐ xiāng féng)

píng shuǐ xiāng féng

strangers coming together by chance (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1strangers coming together by chance (idiom)

Stroke order

Watch how to write 萍水相逢 stroke by stroke.

萍
水
相
逢

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄆㄧㄥˊ

píng

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄤ

xiāng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄈㄥˊ

féng

ㄈ/ fㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 萍水相逢 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我们只是萍水相逢，并不熟悉。

    wǒ men zhǐ shì píng shuǐ xiāng féng， bìng bù shú xī。

    We just met by chance as strangers and don't really know each other.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

水

shuǐ

water

逢

féng

to meet by chance

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

相信

xiāng xìn

to be convinced (that sth is true)

互相

hù xiāng

each other

相反

xiāng fǎn

opposite

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

相处

xiāng chǔ

to be in contact (with sb)

相当

xiāng dāng

equivalent to

相对

xiāng duì

relatively

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

Learn 萍水相逢 with spaced repetition

Add 萍水相逢 (píng shuǐ xiāng féng) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included