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HSK
friend / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
girlfriend
HSK 1
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
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
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
comrade-in-arms / battle companion
HSK 6
ally
HSK 7-9
friends and relatives
HSK 7-9
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
to make friends
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  *友* | 友* | *友
friend
to put on a friendly face
singles seeking marriage partners / in-laws and friends
teammate; fellow team member
drinking buddy
fitness enthusiast; gym-goer
listener (of a radio program etc)
schoolmate; classmate
girlfriend
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
schoolmate / alumnus / alumna
fan / zealot
a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
Sumitomo, Japanese company
odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office / (old) worker / fellow worker
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
(Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友)
to make friends / to meet friends / member of the same organization
pen pal
relatives and friends
to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
boyfriend
bad friend
old friend
paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom) / to value sex over friendship
(coll.) to be a true friend
close friend
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
dissolute companions / disreputable comrades
to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love
friend from whom you can seek advice
roommate
a friend capable of direct admonition
intimate friend / close friend
our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
gentle / good-natured
good friend / companion
church member
a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
helpful friend / wise companion
old friend / deceased friend
fuck buddy / friend with benefits
intimate friend
friends; cronies
revered friend
lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
turtle enthusiast
classmate / fellow student
dormitory roommate
(ball game) enthusiast (player) / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc)
blind person; visually-impaired person
(slang) incompetent teammate, coworker etc
lit. blog friend
Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star
MySpace (social networking website)
(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
photography enthusiast / friend with benefits
to visit one's friends and relatives
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
(slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
to show brotherly love for friends
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
ex-girlfriend
member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year
(slang) friend with benefits / casual sex partner
inmate / cellmate
to be dating sb
(saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent
to call on friends and relations (idiom)
ex-boyfriend
speed dating
religious investigator
Twitter user
to rely on the help of relatives and friends
diabetes sufferer
Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
virtuous companions and worthy friends
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
backpacker / travel buddy


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