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撞

zhuàng

HSK 4 Character

What 撞 means

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

Example sentences

• 他被车撞了。
  He was hit by a car.
• 她被车撞了。
  She was hit by a car.
• 狗被车撞了。
  The dog was hit by a car.
• 狗被卡车撞了。
  The dog was hit by a truck.
• 你被车撞过吗?
  Have you ever been hit by a car?
• 我差点被车撞倒。
  I was nearly hit by a car.

Words starting with 撞

• 撞击zhuàng jīto strike; to hit; to ram
• 撞倒zhuàng dǎoto knock down; to knock over; to run over (sb)
• 撞见zhuàng jiànto meet by accident
• 撞车zhuàng chēto crash (into another car); (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash…
• 撞伤zhuàng shāngbruise; bump
• 撞机zhuàng jī(of an airplane) to collide (with another plane midair); to crash
• 撞死zhuàng sǐto knock down and kill (with a car, train etc)
• 撞毁zhuàng huǐto smash
• 撞球zhuàng qiúbilliards; billiards ball; pool (game)
• 撞脸zhuàng liǎn(colloquial) to look alike; to be a spitting image of
• 撞针zhuàng zhēnfiring pin
• 撞锁zhuàng suǒlock
• 撞骗zhuàng piànto swindle
• 撞鬼zhuàng guǐto encounter a ghost or supernatural being; (colloquial) to experience sth strange, eerie…
• 撞大运zhuàng dà yùnto have a lucky stroke; to try one's luck
• 撞运气zhuàng yùn qito try one's luck; to rely on fate
• 撞击式印表机zhuàng jī shì yìn biǎo jīimpact printer
• 撞击式打印机zhuàng jī shì dǎ yìn jī(computing) impact printer
• 撞烂zhuàng lànto destroy by smashing; smashed up
• 撞衫zhuàng shānto wear the same outfit as sb else (in public)
• 撞击坑zhuàng jī kēngimpact crater

Words containing 撞

• 碰撞pèng zhuàngto collide; collision
• 相撞xiāng zhuàngcollision; crash; to crash together
• 冲撞chōng zhuàngto collide; jerking motion; to impinge
• 跌跌撞撞diē die zhuàng zhuàngto stagger along
• 莽撞mǎng zhuàngrash; reckless
• 顶撞dǐng zhuàngto contradict (elders or superiors)
• 横冲直撞héng chōng zhí zhuàng(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
• 反撞fǎn zhuàngrecoil (of a gun)
• 对撞duì zhuàngto collide head-on
• 经撞jīng zhuàngshock-resistant
• 对撞机duì zhuàng jīa particle collider
• 相碰撞xiāng pèng zhuàngto collide with one another
• 招摇撞骗zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure…
• 碰撞造山pèng zhuàng zào shāncollisional orogeny; mountain building as a result of continents colliding
• 误打误撞wù dǎ wù zhuàngaccidentally; to act before thinking
• 火星撞地球Huǒ xīng zhuàng Dì qiúclash that leaves both sides shattered
• 单方过失碰撞dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàngcollision in which only one party is at fault
• 择日不如撞日zé rì bù rú zhuàng rìlit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)…
• 擦撞cā zhuàngto sideswipe (a car etc); to generate (sparks) by striking a flint…
• 猛撞měng zhuàngto slam (into); to smash (into)
• 小鹿乱撞xiǎo lù luàn zhuàngfig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions
• 不撞南墙不回头bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóuto stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
• 大型强子对撞机Dà xíng Qiáng zǐ Duì zhuàng JīLarge Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
• 做一天和尚撞一天钟zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōnglit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); fig. to do one's job mechanically…

Characters that look like 撞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 缰jiāngbridle; reins; halter
• 澹dàntranquil; placid; quiet

Sounds the same

Read zhuàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 状(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition…
• 壮to strengthen; strong; robust
• 幢classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. chuáng); (archaic) curtain hung over boat or…
• 戆simple; honest
• 僮old variant of 壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
• 獞old variant of 壮, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi