碰撞

pèngzhuàng
verb HSK 7 #10,859

Meanings

  1. 1 to collide
  2. 2 collision
  3. 3 to crash into

Examples

Liǎng liàng chē zài lùkǒu fāshēngle pèngzhuàng.
Two cars collided at the intersection.
Bùtóng wénhuà de pèngzhuàng huì chǎnshēng xīn de chuàngyì.
The collision of different cultures can produce new creative ideas.

Tips

usage
碰撞 is used both physically (car crash, particle collision) and figuratively (clash of ideas, cultures). The figurative use is very common in written Chinese.

Stroke Order

pèng
zhuàng