朋友

péngyou

friend

Type: NounsHSK 1

Character origin

朋 (companion, two moons) + 友 (friendship). 朋 originally meant two strings of cowrie money (a trading bond), and later two people joined together.

Did you know?

Friendship matters greatly in China. People speak of 好朋友 (good friends), and friends help each other with everything. There's also the concept of 'guanxi' (关系) — highly influential networks of personal connections.

Radicals it's made of

朋

月yuèmoon or flesh

友

又yòuhand

Example sentence

我们是朋友。
Wǒmen shì péngyou.
We are friends.

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