Friend in Chinese (Mandarin): 朋友 (péngyou)
朋友
péngyou
friend
- Simplified
- 朋友
- Traditional
- 朋友
- Pinyin
- péngyou
- Typed as
- pengyou
Use it in a sentence
我和朋友一起玩。
I play together with my friend.
The characters in 朋友
朋
Friend. Two 月 side by side.
8 strokes
友
Friend.
4 strokes
Say 友 short and light: péng-you. A good friend is 好朋友 (hǎo péngyou), and children are 小朋友, "little friends".
More examples with 朋友
他是我的好朋友。
Tā shì wǒ de hǎo péngyou.
He is my good friend.
我们是朋友。
我們是朋友。
Wǒmen shì péngyou.
We are friends.
How to write 朋友 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
朋 8 strokes
友 4 strokes
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