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child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
boyfriend
HSK 1
friend / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
companionship / fellowship / friendship
HSK 5
girlfriend
HSK 1
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
online friend / netizen; Internet user
HSK 1
friendly; amicable / close friend
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
HSK 2
friendly
HSK 7-9
friend
HSK 7-9
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
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friend
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
pen pal
friendly feelings / friendship
HSK 7-9
helpful friend / wise companion
schoolmate / alumnus / alumna
Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信)
(Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友)
dormitory roommate
ex-girlfriend
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
friends and relatives
HSK 7-9
(slang) friend with benefits / casual sex partner
schoolmate; classmate
Sumitomo, Japanese company
lit. blog friend
odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker
boyfriend
teammate; fellow team member
friendly match; friendly competition
to make friends
close friend
friend from whom you can seek advice
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
bad friend
Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
ally
HSK 7-9
good friend / companion
(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
ex-boyfriend
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
to call on friends and relations (idiom)
(slang) business competitor; industry peer
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
roommate
a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
virtuous companions and worthy friends
(coll.) to be a true friend
revered friend
our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
(Internet slang) end of friendship / friendship over!
Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特·伯恩斯|罗伯特·伯恩斯, sung to mark the start of a new year or as a farewell / also rendered 友誼萬歲|友谊万岁 or 友誼天長地久|友谊天长地久
diabetes sufferer
(slang) incompetent teammate, coworker etc
to visit one's friends and relatives
friendly state / ally
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
the Society of Friends / the Quakers
(slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner
fan / zealot
Twitter user
intimate friend / close friend
fuck buddy / friend with benefits
(coll.) attractiveness (as a potential boyfriend) / degree to which one is "boyfriend material"
to be dating sb
you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
friends; cronies
Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
listener (of a radio program etc)
church member
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
relationship that is more than friendship
Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
relatives and friends
Youhao, a district of Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang
old friend / deceased friend
inmate / cellmate
Youyi, a county in Shuangyashan City 雙鴨山市|双鸭山市, Heilongjiang
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
friendly neighbor / (of a military unit etc) neighboring and allied
AIA Group Limited, insurance company
a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
(ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc)
paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
intimate friend and companion (idiom)
fitness enthusiast; gym-goer
to make friends / to meet friends / member of the same organization
eco-friendly

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