Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 碰

variant of 碰 (pèng)

old variant of 碰 (pèng)

to touch
to meet with
to bump

to knock against
to knock together
to rattle

to hit a wall
(fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face

doorstop

bruising (damage to soft fruit etc)

to run into
to come upon
to meet

(coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to be knocked over by passers-by, and stepping into the path of a slow-moving car)

to run into
to meet (unexpectedly)
to bump into

to knock sth over

to meet
to hold a meeting

variant of 碰瓷／碰瓷 (pèngcí)

to come across
to run into
to meet
to hit

to meet
to run into (sb)
to get together (with sb)

to touch

to touch
(fig.) to touch on (a matter)

by chance
by coincidence
to happen to

to collide
collision

to knock against
to bump into
to have a disagreement
to clash

yìngpèngyìng

to meet force with force
painstaking

erhua variant of 碰瓷／碰瓷 (pèngcí)

bumper car

to try one's luck
to leave sth to chance

xiāngpèngzhuàng

to collide with one another

concentration (a pair-matching game)

to meet with a rebuff

pèngzhuàngzàoshān

collisional orogeny
mountain building as a result of continents colliding

jīdànpèngshítou

鸡蛋碰石头

[雞蛋碰石頭]

lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
to overrate one's abilities

pèngyībízihuī

碰一鼻子灰

[碰一鼻子灰]

lit. to have one's nose rubbed in the dirt
fig. to meet with a sharp rebuff

dānfāngguòshīpèngzhuàng

单方过失碰撞

[單方過失碰撞]

collision in which only one party is at fault

xiāmāopèngshàngsǐhàozi

瞎猫碰上死耗子

[瞎貓碰上死耗子]

a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
blind luck