yǒu = y + ou3
friend
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How to pronounce 友

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ou3 final

In the outhouse’s living room.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

友 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
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Characters with 友 as component

ài = Ø + ai4
to love; to be fond of; to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
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yuán = yu + an2
therefore / consequently / thus / hence / thereupon / it follows that / where? / to change (into) / ancient unit of weight and money
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yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan
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Words with 友

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friend / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Sentences with 友

友 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yǒu

friend

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