yǒu
友
friend
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Words with 友
朋友 péng you
friend
HSK 1
女朋友 nǚ péng you
girlfriend
HSK 1
男朋友 nán péng you
boyfriend
HSK 1
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu
child
HSK 1
网友 wǎng yǒu
online friend; Internet user
HSK 1
友好 Yǒu hǎo
Youhao district of Yichun city 市, Heilongjiang
HSK 2
老朋友 lǎo péng you
old friend; (slang) period
HSK 2
交朋友 jiāo péng you
to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
HSK 2
好友 hǎo yǒu
close friend; pal
HSK 4
友谊 yǒu yì
companionship; fellowship
HSK 5
战友 zhàn yǒu
comrade-in-arms; battle companion
HSK 6
友情 yǒu qíng
friendly feelings; friendship
HSK 7–9
Examples from your lessons
- 你有几个朋友？ How many friends do you have? Lesson 2
- 他有两个朋友。 He has two friends. Lesson 102
- 她喜欢上网，有很多网友。 She likes going online and has lots of online friends. Lesson 115
- 我介绍一下，这是我的朋友王明。 Let me introduce you — this is my friend Wang Ming. Lesson 117
- 那个女孩儿是谁？— 她是我女朋友。 Who's that girl? — She's my girlfriend. Lesson 118
- 我在找我的朋友小月。你看见她了吗？ My friend Xiaoyue. Have you seen her? Lesson 118
Character facts
- Radical
- 又 and, also, again, in addition
- Structure
- Surround from upper left
- Unicode
- U+53CB
Ideographic: Two hands 又 joined, representing friendship; 又 also provides the pronunciation