(pèng dào) - to run into, to bump into, to encounter in Mandarin
pèngdàoTraditional: 碰到
Translation
to run into, to bump into, to encounter
Word origin
A compound of 碰 (pèng, to touch, to knock against) and the resultative 到 (dào, to reach), marking a completed contact or encounter.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 碰 (pèng, to knock against) + 到 (dào, to reach)
Stroke order
碰
到
Examples
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I ran into an old friend on the street today.
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Have you run into any difficulties?
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Be careful not to bump into the corner of the table.
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We encountered some trouble.
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I did not expect to run into you here.
碰到 (pèngdào) means to bump into something physically or to run into someone or some situation by chance. The 到 marks that the contact or encounter actually came about.
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