朋友 péngyou — friend

Meanings

1. 1

   friend

   A friend, of either gender. 好朋友 is a close friend; 朋友 on its own carries no romantic meaning, unlike the compounds 男朋友 and 女朋友.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 朋

  péng (second tone, rising)

  friend, companion (chiefly in 朋友); of the same kind, matched

  8 strokes⿰月月Radical 月
• 友

  yǒu (third tone, dipping)

  friend; friendly, amicable

  4 strokes⿸𠂇又Radical 又

Example sentences

• 他是我的好朋友。Tā (first tone, high and level) shì (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) hǎo (third tone, dipping) péngyou. (second tone, rising)···

  He’s a close friend of mine.

• 我在中国有很多朋友。/我在中國有很多朋友。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó (first tone, high and level) yǒu (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) duō (first tone, high and level) péngyou. (second tone, rising)···

  I have a lot of friends in China.

Common mistakes

• Not quitepéng yǒu

  Correctpéng you

  The second syllable of 朋友 is unstressed and neutral in ordinary speech; a full third tone there sounds like reading from a word list.

Similar words

Words containing 朋

• 女朋友nǚ (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)girlfriend
• 男朋友nán (second tone, rising) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)boyfriend
• 小朋友xiǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping)child
• 老朋友lǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)old friend
• 交朋友jiāo (first tone, high and level) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)to make friends
• 亲朋好友/親朋好友qīn (first tone, high and level) péng (second tone, rising) hǎo (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)friends and family

Words containing 友

• 女朋友nǚ (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)girlfriend
• 男朋友nán (second tone, rising) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)boyfriend
• 友好yǒu (third tone, dipping) hǎo (third tone, dipping)friendly
• 友谊/友誼yǒu (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling)companionship
• 好友hǎo (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)close friend
• 小朋友xiǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping)child
• 友情yǒu (third tone, dipping) qíng (second tone, rising)friendly feelings
• 老朋友lǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)old friend
• 战友/戰友zhàn (fourth tone, falling) yǒu (third tone, dipping)comrade-in-arms
• 亲友/親友qīn (first tone, high and level) yǒu (third tone, dipping)friends and relatives
• 友善yǒu (third tone, dipping) shàn (fourth tone, falling)friendly
• 盟友méng (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping)ally
• 交朋友jiāo (first tone, high and level) péng (second tone, rising) you (neutral tone)to make friends
• 亲朋好友/親朋好友qīn (first tone, high and level) péng (second tone, rising) hǎo (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)friends and family
• 友人yǒu (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)friend
• 网友/網友wǎng (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping)online friend