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


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