HSK 5 · Verbs

撞 zhuàng “to knock against” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 撞 means

  1. to knock against
  2. to bump into
  3. to run into
  4. to meet by accident

How to say 撞

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale撞zhuàng4th tone, falling

撞 in a sentence

  1. 哎哟，撞到你了，对不起！

    Āiyō, zhuàngdào nǐ le, duìbuqǐ!

    Oops, I bumped into you – sorry!

    Sentence #374838 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我头撞到了门，肿了一块。

    Wǒ tóu zhuàngdào le mén, zhǒng le yí kuài.

    I bumped my head on the door and got a lump.

    Sentence #333007 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我差点被卡车撞到。

    Wǒ chàdiǎn bèi kǎchē zhuàngdào.

    I was nearly hit by a truck.

    Sentence #13071569 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 撞 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 撞 (zhuàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
撞zhuàngto knock against
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 童child · tóngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 童 (tóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuàng.

How to write 撞

撞 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 撞

More words: Common Verbs

制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make重复chóngfù · to repeat抓zhuā · to grab装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)抓紧zhuājǐn · to keep a firm grip on专心zhuānxīn · to concentrate

FAQs

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