chóu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (literary) companions; comrades
  2. 2 peers; one's like

Examples

Mìng chóu xiào lǚ, xiānghù hūyìng.
Calling out to companions, they answered one another.
Wú rén néng yǔ zhī wéi chóu.
No one could match him as a peer.

Tips

register
Strictly classical/literary. The modern survivor is the bound form chóulǚ ('companions'). Cao Zhi's 《》 has the famous line (calling out to companions and friends), still quoted today.
memory
Person radical plus 寿 (longevity) — old companions you've spent a long life with.

Stroke Order

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