碰面

pèngmiàn

verb #6,652

Meanings

1 to meet (in person)
2 to run into each other

Characters

to bump; to meet

Examples

我们明天碰面吧。

Wǒmen míngtiān pèngmiàn ba.

Let's meet up tomorrow.

他们约好在咖啡店碰面。

Tāmen yuē hǎozài kāfēidiàn pèngmiàn.

They arranged to meet at a coffee shop.

我昨天和老同学碰面了。

Wǒ zuótiān hé lǎo tóngxué pèngmiàn le.

I met up with an old classmate yesterday.

Tips

usage

碰面 is more casual and colloquial than 见面. It often implies a brief or informal meeting, like bumping into someone face-to-face.

Stroke Order

碰 pèng

面 miàn