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朋友péng yǒu
friend
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
朋友 | péngyou, péngyǒu | |
1. n. friend | ||
童年 的 朋友 - childhood friend | ||
結交 新 朋友 - to make new friends | ||
他 不 知道 朋友 的 家 在 哪裡。 - He doesn't know where his friend's house is. | ||
呢ni1個 係 我 個 朋友。 - This is my friend. | ||
伊 毋 知 朋友 的 厝 佇 佗tó位。 - He doesn't know where his friend's house is., MN | ||
伊 唔 知 朋友 個 內 在 底塊。 - tr=i1 m6 zai1 pêng5 iu2 gai5 lai6 do6 di7 go3., He doesn't know where his friend's house is., MN-T | ||
你 的 近況 斷續 從 朋友 口 中 傳 到 我 耳畔。 - Your news intermittently came to my ears through friends' words. | ||
我 跟 她 真的 只是 普通 朋友。 - She and I are really just friends. | ||
世界 上 最 可悲 的 事情,莫過於 你 喜歡 他,他 卻 只 把 你 當 朋友。 - The saddest thing in the world is liking someone but they only see you as a friend. | ||
2. n. (euphemism) boyfriend or girlfriend; partner | ||
3. n. (archaic) large number of retainers | ||
4. n. (archaic, Ming dynasty) (designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students) | ||
English > Chinese | ||
friend | ||
1. 名词. 朋友 | ||
Components | ||
朋 | péng | |
1. (zh-o) unit of shell money; various theories exist about the exact amount | ||
2. friend | ||
朋友 - friend | ||
良朋 - good friend | ||
3. (literary) to gang up; to band together | ||
4. (literary) to be similar; to equal | ||
碩大無朋 - exceptionally large; enormous | ||
友 | yǒu | |
1. friend; companion | ||
好友 - good friend | ||
2. (literary) to make friends with | ||
3. (literary, chiefly among brothers) to love each other | ||
4. (in compounds) friendly | ||
友邦 - friendly nation | ||
友軍 - friendly forces | ||
5. (Cantonese, colloquial, slightly, impolite) guy; bloke | ||
西裝 友jau5-2 - guy in a suit | ||
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péng yǒu
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