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朋友

péng you

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Measure word 个、位

朋友 (péng you) means "friend". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 朋友 means

1. friend

The characters in 朋友

• 朋péngfriend
• 友yǒufriend

Example sentences

• 我是朋友。
  I'm a friend.
• 我朋友很少。
  I have few friends.
• 我没有朋友。
  I have no friends.
• 他没有朋友。
  He doesn't have any friends.
• 她朋友很少。
  She has few friends.
• 我们是朋友。
  We were friends.

Words starting with 朋友

• 朋友圈Péng you quānMoments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信
• 朋友妻不可欺péng you qī bù kě qīyou should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)

Words containing 朋友

• 女朋友nǚ péng yougirlfriend
• 男朋友nán péng youboyfriend
• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuchild; kid…
• 好朋友hǎo péng yougood friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
• 老朋友lǎo péng youold friend; (slang) period; menstruation
• 交朋友jiāo péng youto make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
• 够朋友gòu péng you(colloquial) to be a true friend
• 谈朋友tán péng youto be dating sb
• 酒肉朋友jiǔ ròu péng youlit. drinking buddy (idiom); fig. fair-weather friend
• 多个朋友多条路duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lùthe more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
• 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng youone depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home…
• 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng youone depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home…

Where 朋友 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family and People (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read péng you correctly.
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