朋友 péngyǒu friend
How to remember 朋友: 朋 friend + 友 friend = friend.
Characters
How it is used
- Friend - 好朋友 (hǎo péngyou) good friend, 交朋友 make friends.
- 男朋友 / 女朋友 specifically mean boyfriend/girlfriend, so context or the modifier matters.
- 友 is toneless in speech (péngyou).
Example sentences
- 我是他的朋友。 Wǒ shì tā de péngyou.I'm a friend of his.
- 我认识了新朋友。 Wǒ rènshile xīn péngyou.I have made a new friend.
- 他们是真正的朋友。 Tāmen shì zhēnzhèng de péngyou.They are true friends.
- 他遇到了老朋友。 Tā yùdàole lǎopéngyou.He ran into an old friend.