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碰瓷

pèng cí

2-character word

What 碰瓷 means

1. colloquialto 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)

The characters in 碰瓷

• 碰pèngto touch; to meet with; to bump
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china

Words starting with 碰瓷

• 碰瓷儿pèng cí rerhua form of 碰瓷

Sounds the same

Read pèng cí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 碰磁variant of 碰瓷