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Chinese symbol for “collide”

碰撞
pèng zhuàng
to collide; collision

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collide is 碰撞 (pèng zhuàng), defined as: to collide; collision.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

碰 pèng
to touch; to meet with; to collide, to bump into
radical 112 ⽯ · 13 strokes
撞 zhuàng
to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “collide”

WordPinyinMeaning
冲撞 (衝撞)chōng zhuàngto collide; jerking motion
撞机 (撞機)zhuàng jī(of an airplane) to collide (with another plane midair); to crash

Related words

Other words that share a character with 碰撞.

WordPinyinMeaning
碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into
碰上pèng shàngto run into; to come upon
碰面pèng miànto meet; to run into (sb)
碰见 (碰見)pèng jiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly)
碰巧pèng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence
撞击 (撞擊)zhuàng jīto strike; to hit; to ram
相撞xiāng zhuàngcollision; crash
冲撞 (衝撞)chōng zhuàngto collide; jerking motion

See also: Japanese symbol for “collide”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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