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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
girlfriend
HSK 1
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
online friend / netizen; Internet user
HSK 1
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
HSK 2
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
helpful friend / wise companion
schoolmate / alumnus / alumna
(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
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)
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
diabetes sufferer
(slang) incompetent teammate, coworker etc
to visit one's friends and relatives
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
(slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner
fan / zealot
Twitter user
intimate friend / close friend
fuck buddy / friend with benefits
to be dating sb
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)
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
relatives and friends
old friend / deceased friend
inmate / cellmate
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
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
fitness enthusiast; gym-goer
to make friends / to meet friends / member of the same organization
dissolute companions / disreputable comrades
girlfriend
speed dating
lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend
to put on a friendly face
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
photography enthusiast / friend with benefits
see 基友
to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
MySpace (social networking website)
to show brotherly love for friends
drinking buddy
(saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
gentle / good-natured
classmate / fellow student
old friend
a friend capable of direct admonition
turtle enthusiast
religious investigator
singles seeking marriage partners / in-laws and friends
member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year
backpacker / travel buddy
blind person; visually-impaired person
intimate friend


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