朋友 (péngyou) means Friend. Below are 24 of the 62 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我想交中国 朋友 。
Wǒ xiǎng jiāo Zhōngguó péngyou.
I want to make Chinese friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 朋友
我去机场接 朋友 。
Wǒ qù jīchǎng jiē péngyou.
I'm going to the airport to pick up a friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 接
他向 朋友 道歉了。
Tā xiàng péngyou dàoqiàn le.
He apologised to his friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 道歉
我们俩是好 朋友 。
Wǒmen liǎ shì hǎo péngyou.
The two of us are good friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 俩
他对 朋友 很大方。
Tā duì péngyou hěn dàfang.
He is very generous to his friends.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 大方
朋友 送我一本新书。
Péngyou sòng wǒ yì běn xīn shū.
A friend gave me a new book.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 送
下午我去 朋友 家玩。
Xiàwǔ wǒ qù péngyou jiā wán.
This afternoon I'm going to a friend's place to hang out.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 玩
他跟 朋友 约会去了。
Tā gēn péngyou yuēhuì qù le.
He has gone to meet a friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 约会
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From the graded readers
我和 朋友 想去公园。
wǒ hé péngyou xiǎng qù gōngyuán.
My friend and I wanted to go to the park.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
中午我和 朋友 一起吃饭。
zhōngwǔ wǒ hé péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.
At noon I eat with my friends.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
我和小林是十年的 朋友 。
wǒ hé xiǎo lín shì shínián de / dì péngyou.
Xiaolin and I had been friends for ten years.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
有这样的 朋友 ，我很高兴。
yǒu zhèyàng de / dì péngyou, wǒ hěn gāoxìng.
I'm very glad to have a friend like her.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
朋友 说我太舍不得东西了。
péngyou shuō wǒ tài shě / shè bùdé dōngxī le / liǎo / liào.
My friend says I'm too attached to things.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我有一个好 朋友 ，她叫丽丽。
wǒ yǒu yīgè hǎo / hào péngyou, tā jiào lí lí.
I have a good friend called Lili.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
朋友 说我坚持不了一个星期。
péngyou shuō wǒ jiānchí bùliǎo yīgè xīngqī.
A friend said I wouldn't keep it up for a week.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我很喜欢小白，它是我的好 朋友 。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan xiǎo bái, tā shì wǒ de(possessive) hǎo / hào péngyou.
I love Xiaobai. He's my good friend.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
忽然，灯亮了，我的 朋友 们都在！
hūrán, dēng liàng le / liǎo / liào, wǒ de(possessive) péngyou men dōu zài!
Suddenly the lights came on and all my friends were there!
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
放假的时候，我跟三个 朋友 去旅行。
fàng jiǎ de / dì shíhou, wǒ gēn sān gè péngyou qù lǚxíng.
During the holiday I went travelling with three friends.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
From the grammar library
她跟 朋友 一起吃饭。
Tā gēn péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.
She eats with friends.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
朋友 appears in 62 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 朋友
How is 朋友 used in a sentence?
This page shows 62 sentences using 朋友 (péngyou, "Friend"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 朋友 an HSK word?
Yes — 朋友 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 朋友?
The dictionary page for 朋友 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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