Word information
Simplified小朋友
Traditional小朋友
Pinyinxiǎopéngyǒu
Part of speech名
HSK 3.01
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
小朋友
xiǎopéngyǒu · child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child); CL:個|个[ge4]
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