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friends

Chinese translation: 朋友

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:friends
Chinese translation:朋友
Entered by: Libin PhD

07:09 May 25, 2002
English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: friends
needing the chinese symbol for friends
amy
朋友
Explanation:
朋友

peng2 you
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Libin PhD
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10朋友
Libin PhD
5 +4朋友
Tingting Hu
4 +5朋友 / 朋友们
Xiaoping Fu
5 +3朋友们
eandli


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
朋友


Explanation:
朋友

peng2 you

Libin PhD
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 522
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Scott Li
3 hrs
agree  hjl
6 hrs
agree  Danbing HE
7 hrs
agree  BBW,linguist (X)
8 hrs
agree  cting
12 hrs
agree  Xiaoping Fu
13 hrs
agree  Sunshine Wang: 朋(peng2) 友(you3)
22 hrs
agree  Kevin Yang
22 hrs
agree  Li-chuan Yen
1 day 6 hrs
agree  zwcorp
4 days
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
朋友


Explanation:
朋友

Tingting Hu
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Scott Li
3 hrs
agree  cting
12 hrs
agree  Kevin Yang
22 hrs
agree  Strawberry
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
朋友们


Explanation:
复数“朋友们”

eandli
PRO pts in pair: 4

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agree  cting
6 hrs
agree  Xiaoping Fu
7 hrs
agree  Libin PhD
10 days
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
朋友 / 朋友们


Explanation:
For “a friend”, we say “朋友”“ 一位朋友”.
For “friends”, we say “朋友”or “朋友们” depend on contexts.
In most situations, it is save to use only “朋友” without “们”, because it is grammatically not correct to us“们” in same of the plural cases and it is optional in most plural cases.

The only case I can think of right now where you MUST use “们” is when you address to your audience before a speech. You MUST say “朋友们” or “各位朋友”(meaning every each of my friends).

Examples:

I have a lot of friends. 我有很多朋友。( Cannot use “们”here.)
Some of my friends are Chinese. 我的朋友中有些是中国人。(Cannot use “们”here.)
My friends say that I am a good man. 朋友们说我是个好人。(“们” is optional here.)
Hi friends, I have a good news. 朋友们，我有个好消息。(“们” is a MUST.)

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    Reference: http://www22.brinkster.com/fxp2002/freinds.html
Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 03:38
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in pair: 2566

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kevin Yang
8 hrs
agree  Li-chuan Yen
16 hrs
agree  cting
1 day 5 hrs
agree  Scott Li
1 day 12 hrs
agree  Libin PhD
10 days
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