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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

朋友 [péngyou]
  1. 1. noun [指友谊] friend
  2. 2. noun [女友] girlfriend
  3. 3. noun [男友] boyfriend

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

朋友 [péngyou]
  1. 1. friend; buddy
    广交朋友
    make many friends
  2. 2. boyfriend or girlfriend
    他有朋友了。
    He has got a girlfriend now.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

朋友 [péngyou]
  1. 1. 虽无亲属、师生等关系但彼此熟识、了解并能相互关心、帮助的人。
  2. 2. 特指恋爱的对象
    小王已经有朋友了。

Examples

她觉得交朋友应该宁缺勿滥,要交就交个优秀的朋友
She holds the view that it's better not to make friends than to make an unsuitable friend.
朋友朋友,原则还是坚持
我们的朋友遍天下。
We have friends all over the world.
交些个不三不四的朋友
make friends with a lot of dubious characters
她不厌其详地向她朋友诉说她的遭遇。
She told her friend in detail all the things she'd gone through.
我把箱子存放在朋友那里了。
I've left my suitcase with a friend of mine.
因为他在外边的朋友多,遇啥事都能逢凶化吉。
He has many connections, and he can always find some way of tiding over a crisis.
附近的旅馆都客满,只好到朋友家过夜。
All the hotels in the area are full. We'll have to go spend the night in a friend's home.
他有好些个朋友
He has quite a lot of friends.
我环视车站四周,那位朋友毫无踪影。
I looked around the station but couldn't see my friend anywhere.

Word Decomposition


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Related Measure Words

  [gè] |  一个朋友
  [piào] |  一票朋友
  [qún] |  一群朋友
  [wèi] |  一位朋友

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