撞
zhuàng
to bump into, to collide
Part of speech · verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 汽车撞上了路边的大树。The car crashed into a big tree by the road.
- 走路看手机容易撞到人。Looking at your phone while walking easily makes you bump into people.
Collocations
撞车撞到碰撞撞上
Mnemonic
撞 zhuàng "to collide": a single-character verb. The hand radical 扌 shows a forceful impact, i.e. to collide, to bump into. 撞车 = a car crash, 撞到人 = to bump into someone. Distinguish from near-homophone 装 (zhuāng): 撞 reads zhuàng "to collide".
Related
碰撞碰冲撞撞击
Quick check
How do near-homophones 撞 (zhuàng) and 装 (zhuāng) differ?