Meaning of 碰上
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
pèngshàng
- to run into
- to come upon
- to meet
碰上 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
她一年碰上了两起事故。
She had two accidents within a year.
我今天碰上你很高兴。
I am delighted to have met you today.
Stroke order for each character
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碰 pèng · to touch · 13 strokes
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 碰上.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēnshang | on the body; at hand |
| 早上 | zǎoshang | early morning |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
Questions about 碰上
What does 碰上 mean?
碰上 (pèngshang) means "to run into; to come upon".
How do you write 碰上?
碰上 is made of 2 characters: 碰 (13 strokes), 上 (3 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 碰上 an HSK word?
Yes. 碰上 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.