小朋友

Character by character

• 小xiǎo3 strokesHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
• 朋péng8 strokesHSK 1friend, pal, acquaintance
• 友yǒu4 strokesHSK 1friend, companion; fraternity

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 小朋友. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 小xiǎoHSK 1

  small; tiny; few; young

• 朋友péng youHSK 1

  friend

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2

  to be careful; to take care

• 小姐xiǎo jieHSK 1

  young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

• 小组xiǎo zǔHSK 2

  group

• 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2

  novel; fiction

• 女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1

  girlfriend

• 小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2

  in one's childhood

• 男朋友nán péng youHSK 1

  boyfriend

• 友好yǒu hǎoHSK 2

  friendly; amicable; close friend

• 大小dà xiǎoHSK 2

  dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority

• 友谊yǒu yìHSK 5

  companionship; fellowship; friendship

• 小学xiǎo xuéHSK 1

  elementary school; primary school

• 小伙子xiǎo huǒ ziHSK 4

  young man; young guy; lad; youngster

• 好友hǎo yǒuHSK 4

  close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend

• 从小cóng xiǎoHSK 2

  from childhood; from a young age

• 小型xiǎo xíngHSK 4

  small scale; small size

• 小偷xiǎo tōu

  thief

• 缩小suō xiǎoHSK 4

  to reduce; to decrease; to shrink

• 友情yǒu qíngHSK 7

  friendly feelings; friendship

• 小区xiǎo qūHSK 7

  neighborhood; district

• 老朋友lǎo péng youHSK 2

  old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

• 小人xiǎo rénHSK 7

  person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character