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碰巧

pèng qiǎo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

碰巧 (pèng qiǎo) means "by chance; by coincidence; to happen to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 碰巧 means

1. by chance
2. by coincidence
3. to happen to

The characters in 碰巧

• 碰pèngto touch; to meet with; to bump
• 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens

Example sentences

• 他碰巧发现了宝藏。
  Tā pèngqiǎo fāxiàn le bǎozàng.
  It happened that he found the treasure.
• 你碰巧认识了布朗教授吗？
  Nǐ pèngqiǎo rènshi le Bùlǎng jiàoshòu ma?
  Do you happen to know Professor Brown?
• 节日和考试碰巧在同一天。
  The date of the festival coincides with that of the exam.
• 没多久，我们又碰巧遇到了。
  It was not long before we met again by chance.
• 您碰巧有一本额外的英文字典吗？
  Nín pèngqiǎo yǒu yī běn éwài de Yīngwén zìdiǎn ma?
  Do you have an extra English dictionary by any chance?
• 我碰巧在街上遇到了Uno先生。
  It happened that I met Mr Uno on the street.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pèng qiǎo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.