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友

yǒu

HSK 1 Character

What 友 means

1. friend

Example sentences

• 友善点。
  Be nice.
• 友好点。
  Be kind.
• 友谊永固。
  We'll be friends forever.
• 我是朋友。
  I'm a friend.
• 友谊是魔术。
  Yǒuyì shì móshù.
  Friendship is magic.
• 交友须谨慎。
  Jiāoyǒu xū jǐnshèn.
  You must be careful in choosing your friends.

Words starting with 友

• 友谊yǒu yìcompanionship; fellowship; friendship
• 友好yǒu hǎofriendly; amicable; close friend
• 友情yǒu qíngfriendly feelings; friendship
• 友人yǒu rénfriend
• 友善yǒu shànfriendly
• 友爱yǒu àifriendly affection; fraternal love
• 友谊赛yǒu yì sàifriendly match; friendly competition
• 友邦yǒu bāngfriendly state; ally
• 友商yǒu shāng(slang) business competitor; industry peer
• 友尽yǒu jìn(net slang) end of friendship; friendship over!
• 友军yǒu jūnallied forces; friendly troops
• 友好区Yǒu hǎo QūYouhao, a district of Yichun City 伊春市
• 友邦保险Yǒu bāng Bǎo xiǎnAIA Group Limited, insurance company
• 友邻yǒu línfriendly neighbor; (of a military unit etc) neighboring and allied
• 友谊峰Yǒu yì FēngFriendship Peak or Khüiten Peak (4,356 m), the highest peak of the Altai mountains
• 友谊县Yǒu yì XiànYouyi, a county in Shuangyashan City 双鸭山市
• 友谊商店Yǒu yì Shāng diànFriendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc…
• 友谊地久天长Yǒu yì dì jiǔ tiān chángAuld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特·罗伯特·伯恩斯; also rendered 友谊万岁
• 友悌yǒu tìbrotherly bond
• 友谊天长地久Yǒu yì tiān cháng dì jiǔsee 友谊地久天长
• 友谊万岁Yǒu yì wàn suìsee 友谊地久天长

Words containing 友

• 朋友péng youfriend
• 网友wǎng yǒuonline friend; netizen; Internet user
• 女朋友nǚ péng yougirlfriend
• 女友nǚ yǒugirlfriend
• 男朋友nán péng youboyfriend
• 好友hǎo yǒuclose friend; pal; (social networking website) friend
• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuchild; kid…
• 好朋友hǎo péng yougood friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
• 男友nán yǒuboyfriend
• 校友xiào yǒuschoolmate; alumnus; alumna
• 交友jiāo yǒuto make friends
• 战友zhàn yǒucomrade-in-arms; battle companion
• 老朋友lǎo péng youold friend; (slang) period; menstruation
• 亲友qīn yǒufriends and relatives
• 队友duì yǒuteammate; fellow team member
• 交朋友jiāo péng youto make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
• 亲朋好友qīn péng hǎo yǒufriends and family; kith and kin
• 老友lǎo yǒuold friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
• 学友xué yǒuschoolmate; classmate
• 工友gōng yǒuodd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office; (old) worker…
• 盟友méng yǒually
• 发烧友fā shāo yǒufan; zealot
• 挚友zhì yǒuintimate friend; close friend
• 病友bìng yǒua friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital; wardmate

Characters that look like 友

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 及jíand; to reach; up to
• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
• 互hùmutual
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east

Sounds the same

Read yǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 有to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 酉10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…
• 黝black; dark green
• 莠Setaria viridis; vicious
• 铕europium (chemistry)
• 卣wine container
• 牖to enlighten; lattice window
• 懮grievous; relaxed
• 羑to lead
• 槱ritual bonfire
• 泑the vitreous glaze on china, porcelain etc
• 丣old variant of 酉