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朋友
Pinyin péngyou IPA [pʰɤŋ˧˥ joʊ] Zhuyin ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡ˙
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 4 freq #280

Meaning

'Friend': 好朋友 'good friend', 我的朋友 'my friend'. Later compounds add 男朋友 'boyfriend' and 女朋友 'girlfriend'.

Measure Words

Examples

我们是朋友。 wǒ men shì péng yǒu We're friends.
你们是朋友? nǐ men shì péng yǒu Are you friends?
我没有朋友。 wǒ méi yǒu péng yǒu I have no friends.

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