Word information
Simplified朋友
Traditional朋友
Pinyinpéngyou
Part of speech名
HSK 3.01
HSK 2.01
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 朋友
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
男朋友nánpéngyou
boyfriend
女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriend
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; 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]
网友wǎngyǒuonline friend; netizen; Internet user
友好yǒuhǎofriendly; amicable; close friend; see 友好區|友好区[You3 hao3 Qu1]
友情yǒuqíngfriendly feelings; friendship