zhuàng

to knock against

to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident

hand (扌) + sound zhàng (童) = bump into something

The hand radical grounds the meaning in physical contact — a forceful strike or collision. 童 mainly contributes the sound zhàng/zhuàng and does not add meaning here.

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他走路不小心,到了桌子。

tā zǒu lù bù xiǎo xīn, zhuàng dào le zhuō zi.

He was not careful walking and bumped into the table.

我在街上见了一个很久没见的老朋友。

wǒ zài jiē shàng zhuàng jiàn le yī gè hěn jiǔ méi jiàn de lǎo péng yǒu.

I ran into an old friend on the street whom I had not seen for a long time.

Words with 撞

不撞南墙不回头

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

做一天和尚撞一天钟

zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng

lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

反撞

fǎn zhuàng

recoil (of a gun)

单方过失碰撞

dān fāng guò shī pèng zhuàng

collision in which only one party is at fault

大型强子对撞机

dà xíng qiáng zǐ duì zhuàng jī

Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

对撞

duì zhuàng

to collide head-on

对撞机

duì zhuàng jī

a particle collider

小鹿乱撞

xiǎo lù luàn zhuàng

fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions

招摇撞骗

zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn

(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority

撞倒

zhuàng dǎo

to knock down

撞伤

zhuàng shāng

bruise

撞大运

zhuàng dà yùn

to have a lucky stroke

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