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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 朋友 - childhood friend
     結交 朋友 - to make new friends
      知道 朋友 哪裡。 - He doesn't know where his friend's house is.
     ni1 朋友。 - This is my friend.
      朋友 。 - He doesn't know where his friend's house is., MN
      朋友 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
      近況 斷續 朋友 耳畔。 - Your news intermittently came to my ears through friends' words.
      真的 只是 普通 朋友。 - She and I are really just friends.
     世界 可悲 事情莫過於 喜歡 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)

朋友 ⇨ 朋 + 友
Component Pinyin Meanings
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 jau5-2 - guy in a suit

朋 ⇨ 月 + 月
Component Pinyin Meanings
yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     (syn, zh, 月份, wuu:號頭)
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明
yuè 1. (literary or dialectal) moon
2. moon-shaped objects
3. (literary) moonlight
4. month
     (syn, zh, 月份, wuu:號頭)
5. monthly
     月薪 - yuèxīn - monthly wage
6. Variant of 肉
7. Variant of 夕
8. Variant of 明

友 ⇨ + 又
Component Pinyin Meanings
1.
yòu 1. again; once more
      下雨 ! - It's raining again!
      - to think and think; to deeply think about
     一次 一次 失敗 - failure after failure
2. (Used to express the coexistence of several conditions or qualities); both ... and ...
     聰明 漂亮liang - smart and pretty
      。 - I am hungry and thirsty.
      怎麼 ? - I want to go, but I also don't want to go, what should I do?
3. also; in addition
     ·- 科學家 藝術家。 - Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist also an artist.
4. (Used between a whole number and a fraction)
      小時 分鐘 - four hours and ten minutes
      - two and a third
5. but; on the other hand
6. (Used in negative statements and rhetorical questions for emphasis)
     這樣 什麼 好處? - What good for you is there in doing that?
      唔係 。 - Why should I care about that! It's not like I did it.
      唔係 冇錢。 - It's not like I'm broke.
7. usage. Compared to 又 is used for something that already happened.