| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 俦 | 儔 | chóu | - comrades - friends - companions |
| 三朋四友 | 三朋四友 | sānpéngsìyǒu | - friends - cronies |
| 交 | 交 | jiāo | - to hand over - to deliver - to pay (money) - to turn over - to make friends - to intersect (lines) |
| 轧 | 軋 | gá | - to crush together (in a crowd) - to make friends - to check (accounts) |
| 交友 | 交友 | jiāoyǒu | - to make friends |
| 交游 | 交遊 | jiāoyóu | - to have friendly relationships - circle of friends |
| 四德 | 四德 | sìdé | - four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends - the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 |
| 如故 | 如故 | rúgù | - as before - as usual - (to be) like old friends |
| 婚友 | 婚友 | hūnyǒu | - singles seeking marriage partners - in-laws and friends |
| 念旧 | 念舊 | niànjiù | - to remember old friends - to cherish old friendships - for old time's sake |
| 悌友 | 悌友 | tìyǒu | - to show brotherly love for friends |
| 戚友 | 戚友 | qīyǒu | - relatives and friends |
| 故旧 | 故舊 | gùjiù | - old friends |
| 会友 | 會友 | huìyǒu | - to make friends - to meet friends - member of the same organization |
| 死党 | 死黨 | sǐdǎng | - best friends - inseparable sidekick - diehard followers |
| 相交 | 相交 | xiāngjiāo | - to cross over (e.g. traffic) - to intersect - to make friends |
| 神交 | 神交 | shénjiāo | - soul brothers - friends in spirit who have never met - to commune with |
| 结纳 | 結納 | jiénà | - to make friends - to form friendship |
| 旧雨 | 舊雨 | jiùyǔ | - old friends |
| 要好 | 要好 | yàohǎo | - to be on good terms - to be close friends - striving for self-improvement |
| 亲友 | 親友 | qīnyǒu | - friends and relatives |
| 亲旧 | 親舊 | qīnjiù | - relatives and old friends |
| 宾朋 | 賓朋 | bīnpéng | - guests - invited friends |
| 发小 | 髮小 | fàxiǎo | - (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with - a couple who grew up as childhood friends |
| 交朋友 | 交朋友 | jiāopéngyou | - to make friends - (dialect) to start an affair with sb |
| 忘年交 | 忘年交 | wàngniánjiāo | - friends despite the difference in age |
| 教友派 | 教友派 | Jiàoyǒupài | - the Society of Friends - the Quakers |
| 贵格会 | 貴格會 | Guìgéhuì | - Society of Friends - the Quakers |
| 铁哥们 | 鐵哥們 | tiěgēmen | - (coll.) very close male friends |
| 呼朋引伴 | 呼朋引伴 | hūpéngyǐnbàn | - to gather one's friends - to band together |
| 因人成事 | 因人成事 | yīnrénchéngshì | - to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends |
| 孝悌忠信 | 孝悌忠信 | xiàotìzhōngxìn | - Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity - piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends |
| 故旧不弃 | 故舊不棄 | gùjiùbùqì | - do not neglect old friends |
| 没亲没故 | 沒親沒故 | méiqínméigù | - without relatives or friends |
| 义结金兰 | 義結金蘭 | yìjiéjīnlán | - to be close friends |
| 自然之友 | 自然之友 | ZìránzhīYǒu | - Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO) |
| 良朋益友 | 良朋益友 | liángpéngyìyǒu | - virtuous companions and worthy friends |
| 亲朋好友 | 親朋好友 | qīnpénghǎoyǒu | - friends and family - kith and kin |
| 青梅竹马 | 青梅竹馬 | qīngméizhúmǎ | - lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) - fig. innocent children's games - childhood sweethearts - a couple who grew up as childhood friends |
| 一回生，二回熟 | 一回生，二回熟 | yīhuíshēng,èrhuíshú | - lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used to it - strangers at first meeting, but soon friends - awkward at first but becoming skillful later - an acquired taste |
| 一次生，两次熟 | 一次生，兩次熟 | yīcìshēng,liǎngcìshú | - unfamiliar at first but you get used to it - strangers are first meeting, but soon friends - an acquired taste |
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