朋友

Character by character

• 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.

Example sentences

• 你们是朋友？

  Nǐ men shì péng you

  Are you friends?

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• 我们是朋友。

  Wǒ men shì péng you

  We were friends.

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• 他是我的朋友。

  Tā shì wǒ de péng you

  He is my friend.

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• 我是他的朋友。

  Wǒ shì tā de péng you

  I'm a friend of his.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

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

• 女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1

  girlfriend

• 男朋友nán péng youHSK 1

  boyfriend

• 友好yǒu hǎoHSK 2

  friendly; amicable; close friend

• 友谊yǒu yìHSK 5

  companionship; fellowship; friendship

• 好友hǎo yǒuHSK 4

  close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend

• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1

  child

• 友情yǒu qíngHSK 7

  friendly feelings; friendship

• 老朋友lǎo péng youHSK 2

  old friend; (slang) period; menstruation

• 战友zhàn yǒuHSK 6

  comrade-in-arms; battle companion

• 亲友qīn yǒuHSK 7

  friends and relatives

• 友善yǒu shànHSK 7

  friendly

• 盟友méng yǒuHSK 7

  ally

• 交朋友jiāo péng youHSK 2

  to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb

• 亲朋好友qīn péng hǎo yǒuHSK 7

  friends and family; kith and kin

• 友人yǒu rénHSK 7

  friend

• 网友wǎng yǒuHSK 1

  online friend; Internet user