IDENTITY
朋péngfriend (in compounds)
HSK 1Top 320
CORE MEANING
friend (in compounds)
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.friendHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 月moon radical (yuè)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰月月
- two equal bodies side by side
- companions
USAGE
Common words
朋友péngyoufriend
小朋友xiǎopéngyouchild
Graded examples
我们有很多朋友。Wǒmen yǒu hěn duō péngyou.HSK1
We have many friends.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 明
- 鹏
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two moons (月月) side by side — companions.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #320
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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