HSK 5 · Verbs

碰 pèng “to touch” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 碰 means

  1. to touch
  2. to bump into
  3. to run into (someone)
  4. to meet with
  5. to bump

How to say 碰

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale碰pèng4th tone, falling

碰 in a sentence

  1. 可以碰吗？

    Kěyǐ pèng ma?

    Can I touch it?

    Sentence #13109160 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 不要再碰我的东西。

    Búyào zài pèng wǒ de dōngxi.

    Don’t touch my things again.

    Sentence #8784007 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我在理发店碰到了他。

    Wǒ zài lǐfàdiàn pèngdào le tā.

    I ran into him at the barber’s.

    Sentence #333790 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 碰 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 碰 (pèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
碰pèngto touch
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 並to combineSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 並 () hints at the sound. Compare it with pèng.

How to write 碰

碰 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

碰 (pèng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 碰 (pèng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 碰

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

碰 (pèng) means “to touch” or “to bump into”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pèng: pèng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 碰 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type peng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 碰 from the suggestions. Typing peng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
碰 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.