朋
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friend
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
companion · Heisig RSH #20
flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 朋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小朋友 | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to… | |
| 女朋友 | girlfriend | |
| 男朋友 | boyfriend | |
| 朋友 | friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | |
| 多个朋友多条路 | the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom) | |
| 高朋满座 | surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company | |
| 三朋四友 | friends; cronies | |
| 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 | one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom… | |
| 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 | one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom… | |
| 赛博朋克 | (loanword) cyberpunk | |
| 酒肉朋友 | lit. drinking buddy (idiom); fig. fair-weather friend | |
| 亲朋好友 | friends and family; kith and kin | |
| 老朋友 | old friend; (slang) period; menstruation | |
| 交朋友 | to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb | |
| 宾朋满座 | guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors | |
| 朋比为奸 | to conspire; to gang up | |
| 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 呼朋引类 | to call up all one's associates; rent-a-crowd | |
| 朋克 | punk (music style) (loanword) | |
| 朋友妻不可欺 | you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom) |
Sound family
These characters use 朋 as their sound component — compare how they read.