Usage note
碰见表示偶然遇到某人。
pèng jiàn biǎo shì ǒu rán yù dào mǒu rén。
碰见 means to meet someone by chance.
Context note
碰见常用于路上、学校、商店等场景。
pèng jiàn cháng yòng yú lù shang 、 xué xiào 、 shāng diàn děng chǎng jǐng。
It is often used on the road, at school, or in shops.
5 examples
我在路上碰见了老师。
wǒ zài lù shang pèng jiàn le lǎo shī。
I ran into the teacher on the road.
她碰见了老朋友。
tā pèng jiàn le lǎo péng yǒu。
She bumped into an old friend.
我们昨天碰见了他。
wǒ men zuó tiān pèng jiàn le tā。
We met him by chance yesterday.
碰见你真高兴。
pèng jiàn nǐ zhēn gāo xìng。
It's nice to run into you.
他在商店里碰见了同学。
tā zài shāng diàn lǐ pèng jiàn le tóng xué。
He ran into a classmate in the shop.
5 mini stories
放学路上，我碰见了以前的同学。
fàng xué lù shang， wǒ pèng jiàn le yǐ qián de tóng xué。
On the way home from school, I ran into an old classmate.
她在超市碰见了邻居。
tā zài chāo shì pèng jiàn le lín jū。
She ran into her neighbor in the supermarket.
碰见老师后，他马上问好。
pèng jiàn lǎo shī hòu， tā mǎ shàng wèn hǎo。
After running into the teacher, he greeted them right away.
我没想到会碰见你。
wǒ méi xiǎng dào huì pèng jiàn nǐ。
I didn't expect to run into you.
他们在公园碰见后，一起散步。
tā men zài gōng yuán pèng jiàn hòu， yì qǐ sàn bù。
After meeting in the park, they walked together.
Mini dialogue
碰见朋友
A
我今天在公园碰见了一个老朋友。
Wǒ jīntiān zài gōngyuán pèng jiàn le yī gè lǎo péngyou.
I ran into an old friend at the park today.
B
真巧！你们聊了什么？
Zhēn qiǎo! Nǐmen liáo le shénme?
What a coincidence! What did you talk about?
碰见老师
A
我在超市碰见了王老师。
Wǒ zài chāoshì pèng jiàn le Wáng lǎoshī.
I ran into Teacher Wang at the supermarket.
B
是吗？她还好吗？
Shì ma? Tā hái hǎo ma?
Really? Is she doing well?
Related words and contrasts
similar
遇见
yù jiàn
to meet by chance
碰见 and 遇见 both mean to run into someone unexpectedly.
contrast
见面
jiàn miàn
to meet (by arrangement)
见面 is for planned meetings, while 碰见 is accidental.
similar
遇到
yù dào
to encounter
遇到 can be used for people or situations, similar to 碰见.