# 碰巧 (pèngqiǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 碰巧 (pèngqiǎo) means “by chance; by coincidence; to happen to”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- Pinyin: pèngqiǎo (peng4 qiao3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我今天在书店碰巧遇见了老同学。
  Wǒ jīntiān zài shūdiàn pèngqiǎo yùjiàn le lǎo tóngxué.
  I happened to run into an old classmate at the bookstore today.

## Characters

- [碰](https://hanziro.com/word/peng-touch/) (pèng): to touch; to meet with
- [巧](https://hanziro.com/word/qiao-coincidentally/) (qiǎo): coincidentally; skillful

https://hanziro.com/word/peng-qiao-by-chance/

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