朋友 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested
• 位 wèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2... attested

Character breakdown

• 朋 péng friend
• 友 yǒu friend

Stroke order

How it used to be written

朋

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 6 forms

友

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 18 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• “你去哪儿了？”“我去了火车站送我的一个朋友。”

  "Where have you been?" "I have been to the station to see a friend off."

• Beth被她懒惰的男朋友要求帮他做历史作业。

  Beth was asked by her lazy boyfriend to do his history homework.

• Bill的朋友很多。

  Bill has many friends.

• Bob是我朋友。

  Bob is my friend.

• 一个从俄勒冈州来的朋友，布朗先生明天会来拜访我们。

  Mr. Brown a friend from Oregon, will visit us tomorrow.

• 一个真正的绅士不会出卖他的朋友。

  A true gentleman never betrays his friends.

• 上课时她是我们的老师，下课以后是我们的朋友，而且是很好的朋友。

  In class she's our teacher; after class she's our friend, and a good friend too.

• 与其说她是我的朋友，不如说她只是一个我认识的人。

  She is more of an acquaintance than a friend.

All example sentences with 朋友