友好
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
友好 (yǒuhǎo) · friendly
友好 (yǒuhǎo) means “friendly; amicable; close friend”. It is written with 2 characters: 友 (friend) + 好 (good). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 友好 is built
The characters
友 yǒu · friend
What 友 is made of
- 又yòu — and
Origin hint: Two hands 又 joined, representing friendship; 又 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
好 hǎo · good
What 好 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A woman 女 with a son 子 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的人很友好。Zhèlǐ de rén hěn yǒuhǎo.People here are very friendly.
他对同学很友好。Tā duì tóngxué hěn yǒuhǎo.He is friendly to his classmates.
Questions about 友好
What does 友好 mean?
友好 (yǒuhǎo) means “friendly; amicable; close friend”.
How do you pronounce 友好?
友好 is pronounced yǒuhǎo.
Which HSK level is 友好?
友好 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 男朋友nánpéngyouboyfriend
- 女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriend
- 朋友péngyoufriend
- 网友wǎngyǒuonline friend
- 小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild
- 交朋友jiāo péngyouto make friends
- 老朋友lǎo péngyouold friend
- 好友hǎoyǒuclose friend
- 友谊yǒuyìfriendship
- 友情yǒuqíngfriendship
Learn 友好 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 59: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.