Word and Radical Components of 朋友
The Chinese word 朋友 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.
Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
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 |
péngyǒu |
3. n. (archaic) large number of retainers |
|
4. n. (archaic, Ming dynasty) (designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students) |