冲撞 (chōng zhuàng) — to collide, to bump into (physical impact); to…

Definition

冲撞 covers both physical collision (stronger than 碰) and figurative 'to offend / clash with' someone — for the offense sense, more forceful than 冒犯.

verb

to collideto bump into (physical impact)to offendto clash with (someone)

冲撞。
Yì sōu chuán bù xiǎo xīn chōng zhuàng le qiáo dūn.
A boat accidentally collided with a bridge pier.
，冲撞。
Tā shuō huà bú zhù yì, jīng cháng chōng zhuàng bié rén.
He doesn't pay attention to his words and often offends others.
冲撞，。
Xīn jiù guān niàn jīng cháng chōng zhuàng, zào chéng máo dùn.
Old and new ideas often clash, causing conflict.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

冲 (rush) and 撞 (bump) combine to mean collide or clash with someone.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 衝; 冲 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 冲 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (冲, 冲动) it is 衝; in others (冲) it is 沖.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

重

Same sound today

The traditional form 衝 shows 重 inside 行, with 行 as the meaning part and 重 as the sound part; the simplified 冲 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌童撞

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒu

Sound part声符shēngfú

童

童tóng撞zhuàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is the hand radical, written in full as 手, and the right side 童 supplies the sound.

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