碰见

pèngjiàn

to run into; to meet (unexpectedly); to bump into

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 碰見

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我在街上碰见了老师。

I ran into the teacher on the street.

你碰见过他吗?

Have you ever run into him?