碰巧

pèng qiǎo · peng qiao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. by chance
  2. by coincidence
  3. to happen to

In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)碰(pèng)巧(qiǎo)认(rèn)识(shi)了(le)布(bù)朗(lǎng)教(jiào)授(shòu)吗(ma)?

Do you happen to know Professor Brown?

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)碰(pèng)巧(qiǎo)在(zài)书(shū)店(diàn)遇(yù)见(jiàn)了(le)老(lǎo)同(tóng)学(xué)。

I happened to run into an old classmate at the bookstore.

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