碰巧

pèngqiǎo

adverb HSK 7-9 #4,029

Meanings

1 by chance
2 as it happens
3 coincidentally

Characters

to bump into; to encounter

coincidental; clever

Examples

HSK 1

碰巧那天我没有课。

Pèngqiǎo nàtiān wǒ méiyǒu kè.

As it happened, I had no classes that day.

HSK 3

我碰巧在超市遇到了他。

Wǒ pèngqiǎo zài chāoshì yùdào le tā.

I happened to run into him at the supermarket.

Tips

usage

碰巧 is interchangeable with 恰巧 and 凑巧, all meaning 'by coincidence'. 碰巧 is the most colloquial of the three.

Stroke Order

碰 pèng

巧 qiǎo