HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

碰到

pèng dào

to run into

Stroke order of 碰到

2 characters, 21 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

碰 · 13 strokes 到 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

A stone 石 knocks into something and you arrive 到 at it: you bump into it.

Parts: 碰 bump (石 stone + 并 together) + 到 arrive

The characters in 碰到

碰 pèng — to touch; to bump (13 strokes)
到 dào — to arrive; to reach (8 strokes)

Example sentence

我在路上碰到了朋友。

I ran into a friend on the road.

Words with 碰

碰to touch; to bump 碰见to run into

Words with 到

找到to find 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 到to arrive; to reach 看到to see 听到to hear 得到to get; to receive 等到by the time; to wait until 到处everywhere 感到to feel 想到to think of 做到to achieve; to manage to do 送到to deliver to 收到to receive 接到to receive 受到to receive; to be given 拿到to get; to obtain 见到to see; to meet

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 留下to stay; to leave behind 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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