友
yǒu
Pinyin

Definition

友
 - 
yǒu
  1. friend

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

爱
ài
  1. 1 to love
  2. 2 to be fond of
  3. 3 to like
  4. 4 affection
  5. 5 to be inclined (to do sth)
  6. 6 to tend to (happen)
髪
fà
  1. 1 Japanese variant of 髮|发

Related Words (20)

好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
朋友
péng you
  1. 1 friend
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi
交友
jiāo yǒu
  1. 1 to make friends
友
yǒu
  1. 1 friend
友情
yǒu qíng
  1. 1 friendly feelings
  2. 2 friendship

Idioms (13)

不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
串亲访友
chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
  1. 1 to call on friends and relations (idiom)
化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu
  1. 1 to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我有个护士朋友说是家长想要女婿了，所以想认识认识新朋友。但是她可挑剔了，她开出来的征友条件，让人看了都傻眼。
wǒ yǒu ge hùshi péngyou shuō shì jiāzhǎng xiǎngyào nǚxu le ，suǒyǐ xiǎng rènshi rènshi Xīn péngyou 。dànshì tā kě tiāoti le ，tā kāi chūlái de zhēngyǒu tiáojiàn ，ràng rén kàn le dōu shǎyǎn 。
I have a nurse friend who says that her parents want a son-in-law, so she wants to meet new friends. But she’s very picky, and her list of boyfriend criteria is really shocking.
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别客气！做生意不重要，做朋友才实在，对吧？
bié kèqi ！zuòshēngyi bù zhòngyào ，zuò péngyou cái shízài ，duì ba ？
It's ok! Doing business is not important as making friends. Right?
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他已经把家具都卖给了朋友。
tā yǐjīng bǎ jiājù dōu mài gěi le péngyou 。
He has already sold the furniture to his friend.
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我男朋友给我写了一首诗。
wǒ nánpéngyou gěi wǒ xiě le yī shǒu Shī 。
My boyfriend wrote a poem for me.
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我前男友常常口是心非。
wǒ qiánnányǒu chángcháng kǒushìxīnfēi 。
My ex-boyfriend would alway speak with a forked tongue.
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他心直口快，朋友不多。
tā xīnzhíkǒukuài ，péngyou bù duō 。
He is straightforward, so he doesn’t have many friends.
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但是我们的友情会天长地久。
dànshì wǒmen de yǒuqíng huì tiānchángdìjiǔ 。
But our friendship will last forever.
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Joe和朋友在酒吧谈天说地。
hé péngyou zài jiǔbā tántiānshuōdì 。
Joe and his friend chatted about everything happily at the bar.
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他整天花天酒地，和朋友谈天说地，所以我们没办法天长地久。
tā zhěngtiān huātiānjiǔdì ，hé péngyou tántiānshuōdì ，suǒyǐ wǒmen méi bànfǎ tiānchángdìjiǔ 。
He spends all day indulging in all kinds of pleasure and chatting with friends. Therefore, our relationship can't last forever.
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我的男朋友！
wǒ de nánpéngyou ！
My boyfriend!
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