粵

碰pung3巧haau2

pung3 haau2pèng qiǎo

English

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

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係咁啱。冇商量過嘅情況之下,做出相似或者同樣嘅決定。

Examples

  • 他碰巧發現了寶藏。

    It happened that he found the treasure.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 节日和考试碰巧在同一天。

    The date of the festival coincides with that of the exam.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 你碰巧认识了布朗教授吗?

    Do you happen to know Professor Brown?

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 没多久,我们又碰巧遇到了。

    It was not long before we met again by chance.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我碰巧在街上遇到了Uno先生。

    It happened that I met Mr Uno on the street.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 您碰巧有一本額外的英文字典嗎?

    Do you have an extra English dictionary by any chance?

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我哋咁啱著咗一樣嘅外套。

    我們碰巧穿了一樣的外套。 (ngo5 mun4 pung3 haau2 cyun1 liu5 jat1 joeng6 dik1 ngoi6 tou3.)

    We happened to wear the same jacket.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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