男朋友

Character by character

• 男nán7 strokesHSK 1male, man; son; baron; surname
• 朋péng8 strokesHSK 1friend, pal, acquaintance
• 友yǒu4 strokesHSK 1friend, companion; fraternity

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Words with the same characters

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

• 朋友péng youHSK 1

  friend

• 男人nán rénHSK 1

  a man; a male; men

• 男nánHSK 1

  male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位

• 男子nán zǐHSK 3

  a man; a male

• 男生nán shēngHSK 1

  schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)

• 男性nán xìngHSK 5

  the male sex; a male

• 女朋友nǚ péng youHSK 1

  girlfriend

• 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

• 男女nán nǚHSK 4

  male-female; male and female

• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1

  child

• 男士nán shìHSK 4

  man; gentleman

• 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

• 男孩儿nán hái rHSK 1

  erhua variant of 男孩; boy