好友
HSK 4 (2021)
好友 (hǎoyǒu) · close friend
好友 (hǎoyǒu) means “close friend; friend (online)”. It is written with 2 characters: 好 (good) + 友 (friend). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 好友 is built
The characters
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)
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)
Example sentences
他是我的好友。Tā shì wǒ de hǎoyǒu.He is my close friend.
你在网上加了几个好友？Nǐ zài wǎngshàng jiā le jǐ ge hǎoyǒu?How many friends have you added online?
Questions about 好友
What does 好友 mean?
好友 (hǎoyǒu) means “close friend; friend (online)”.
How do you pronounce 好友?
好友 is pronounced hǎoyǒu.
Which HSK level is 好友?
好友 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 爱好àihàohobby
- 好吃hǎochīdelicious
- 好看hǎokàngood-looking
- 好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
- 好玩儿hǎowánrfun
- 最好zuìhǎobest
- 不好意思bùhǎoyìsisorry
- 好处hǎochubenefit
- 好多hǎoduōa lot of
- 好久hǎojiǔa long time
Learn 好友 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 15: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.