老朋友

Character by character

• 老lǎo6 strokesHSK 1old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
• 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 老朋友. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 老lǎoHSK 1

  prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough

• 朋友péng youHSK 1

  friend

• 老师lǎo shīHSK 1

  teacher

• 老板lǎo bǎnHSK 3

  boss; business proprietor

• 老婆lǎo póHSK 4

  (coll.) wife

• 老公lǎo gongHSK 4

  (coll.) eunuch; see also 公

• 老人lǎo rénHSK 1

  old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents

• 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

• 老大lǎo dàHSK 7

  old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang

• 友谊yǒu yìHSK 5

  companionship; fellowship; friendship

• 老鼠lǎo shǔ

  rat; mouse

• 好友hǎo yǒuHSK 4

  close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend

• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1

  child

• 老实lǎo shiHSK 4

  honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible

• 古老gǔ lǎoHSK 5

  ancient; old; age-old

• 老虎lǎo hǔ

  tiger

• 老是lǎo shiHSK 2

  always

• 老家lǎo jiāHSK 4

  native place; place of origin; home state or region

• 友情yǒu qíngHSK 7

  friendly feelings; friendship

• 老太太lǎo tài taiHSK 3

  elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother

• 老百姓lǎo bǎi xìngHSK 3

  ordinary people; the "person in the street"

• 老年lǎo niánHSK 2

  elderly; old age; autumn of one's years