Chinese

老朋友

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
old friend
  • HSK 2

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  • characterChinese老 “old; aged; senior; elderly”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • ideaChinese毛 “hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather (Classifier: 根 m; 條／条 c; 支 mn)”
    • ideaChinese匕 “a kind of spoon in ancient China”
  • characterChinese朋 “unit of shell money; various theories exist about the exact amount”
  • characterChinese友 “friend; companion”
    • soundChinese又 “again; once more”

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