友
善

Friendly in Chinese: 友善 (yǒu shàn)

yǒu shàn

friendly

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1friendly

Stroke order

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友
善

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄕㄢˋ

shàn

ㄕ/ shㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 友善 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这里的人都很友善。

    zhè lǐ de rén dōu hěn yǒu shàn。

    The people here are all very friendly.

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Related words

善

shàn

good (virtuous)

朋友

péng you

friend

友好

yǒu hǎo

friendly

友谊

yǒu yì

companionship

改善

gǎi shàn

to make better

善良

shàn liáng

good and honest

善于

shàn yú

to be good at

完善

wán shàn

(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive

网友

wǎng yǒu

online friend

好友

hǎo yǒu

close friend

战友

zhàn yǒu

comrade-in-arms

慈善

cí shàn

benevolent

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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