# 碰上 (pèngshàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 碰上 (pèngshàng) means “to run into; to encounter”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to run into; to encounter
- Pinyin: pèngshàng (peng4 shang4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我今天在街上碰上了老同学。
  Wǒ jīntiān zài jiēshàng pèngshàng le lǎo tóngxué.
  I ran into an old classmate on the street today.

## Characters

- [碰](https://hanziro.com/word/peng-touch/) (pèng): to touch; to meet with
- [上](https://hanziro.com/word/shang-up/) (shàng): up; above

https://hanziro.com/word/peng-shang-run-into/

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