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朋友 péngyou

朋友 péngyou Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 朋友 péngyou .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
péngyou | peng2 you5
English translation
friend
CL:
>[gè], wèi [wèi]

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Traditional form

朋友 péngyou

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 朋友 péngyou

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péng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two strings of objects mounted together. Originally meant "pair", later the meaning shifted to "friend". The modern form is visually similar to yuè (moon) but the meaning is not related.

Positional decomposition

月月 yuè yuè

Number of Strokes

8
yǒu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of two hands togther to convey the meaning "friend".

Positional decomposition

⿸? yòu

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 朋友 péngyou

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ō , bīn 格莱先生 Xiānsheng de Chē yāo sòng de 朋友 péngyou dào 麦里 tún , 斯脱夫妇 fūfù yòu shì yǒu Chē .

Oh! but the gentlemen will have Mr. Bingley's chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.

qiáo 并不比 de 朋友 péngyou .[ qiáo 他的朋友一样 yīyàng qióng .](比较 bǐjiào :Joewas notricher thanhisfriend. qiáo 比不上 bǐ bù shàng 他的朋友富. )

Joe was no richer than his friend.

安东尼奥 zuì hǎo de 朋友 péngyou shì wéi 名叫 míng jiào 巴萨 Bā sà 尼奥 de 年轻人 nián qīng rén .

Antonio's best friend was a young man named Bassanio.

彼得 Bǐ dé de 朋友 péngyou men 竭力 jié lì 使 shǐ 戒酒 jiè jiǔ .

Peter's friends do all they can to dry him out.

一旦 yīdàn biàn jiù 所有 suǒyǒu de 老朋友 lǎo péng you dōu shuǎi le .

As soon as she became rich, she cast aside all her old friends.

朋友 péngyou Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 朋友 péngyou and their own compounds.

朋友 péngyou Compounds

See all 44 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 朋友 péngyou in their composition.

  • péng
    • bēng
      • bèng , bēng , bèng , , pēng , , , , běng ,
    • péng , běng , péng , péng , péng , bēng , bīng , péng , péng , péng , péng , , , , , , méng , , péng
  • yǒu
    • ài
      • ài , āi , , , ài , ài , āi , , ,
    • , , , ,
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