朋友 péngyou▶ friend

Measure word

个, 位

Stroke order

朋友 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 朋 — 8 strokes
• 友 — 4 strokes

Characters in 朋友

• 朋 péng — friend
• 友 yǒu — friend

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

• 我有很多朋友。Wǒ yǒu hěn duō péngyǒu.I have many friends.
• 我朋友在北京工作。Wǒ péngyǒu zài Běijīng gōngzuò.My friend works in Beijing.

Related words

• 友好friendly
• 友谊friendship

朋友 is pronounced péngyou and means “friend”.

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