友 (yǒu) means Friend (friendly). Below are 24 of the 81 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
这是 友 谊的象征。
Zhè shì yǒuyì de xiàngzhēng.
This is a symbol of friendship.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 象征
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
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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
现在晚上安静多了，我们也成了朋 友 。
xiànzài wǎnshang ānjìng duōle, wǒmen yě chèngle péngyou.
It's much quieter now — and we've become friends.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
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
友 appears in 81 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.
Words that contain 友
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Questions about 友
How is 友 used in a sentence?
This page shows 81 sentences using 友 (yǒu, "Friend (friendly)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 友 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 友 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 友?
The dictionary page for 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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