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朋友
péng yǒu



朋友
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
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
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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