# 萍水相逢 (píngshuǐxiāngféng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 萍水相逢 (píngshuǐxiāngféng) means “to meet by chance as strangers”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to meet by chance as strangers
- Pinyin: píngshuǐxiāngféng (ping2 shui3 xiang1 feng2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们只是萍水相逢的朋友。
  Wǒmen zhǐshì píngshuǐxiāngféng de péngyou.
  We are just friends who met by chance.

## Characters

- 萍 (píng): duckweed
- [水](https://hanziro.com/word/shui-water/) (shuǐ): water
- 相 (xiàng): appearance; portrait
- [逢](https://hanziro.com/word/feng-meet-by-chance/) (féng): to meet by chance; to come across

https://hanziro.com/word/ping-shui-xiang-feng-meet-by-chance/

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