笔友 (bǐyǒu): pen pal

Measure Word

一个笔友 gè

Meanings

1 pen pal
2 pen friend

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

我小时候有一个英国笔友。

Wǒ xiǎoshíhou yǒu yīgè Yīngguó bǐyǒu.

When I was little I had a pen pal from England.

HSK 2

他们当了十年的笔友才第一次见面。

Tāmen dāng le shínián de bǐyǒu cái dìyī cì jiànmiàn.

They had been pen pals for ten years before meeting for the first time.

HSK 7-9

网路时代，笔友越来越少见了。

Wǎnglù shídài, bǐyǒu yuèláiyuè shǎojiàn le.

In the internet age, pen pals are becoming rarer.

Tips

memory

笔 (pen) + 友 (friend) - a 'pen friend,' mirroring the English term exactly.

Stroke Order

笔 bǐ

友 yǒu

Related Words

钢笔字 gāngbǐzì

pen writing / fountain-pen / ballpoint handwriting / pen-written calligraphy (hard-pen script)

老友 lǎoyǒu #7,583

old friend; long-time friend / buddy; pal

好友 hǎoyǒu HSK 4 #5,866

close friend; good friend / contact (on social media)

笔 bǐ HSK 2 #937

pen; writing brush / stroke (in writing characters)

加好友 jiāhǎoyǒu

to add (someone) as a friend / to send a friend request

硬笔书法 yìngbǐ shūfǎ

hard-pen calligraphy (pen/pencil calligraphy, as opposed to brush)

擦擦笔 cācābǐ

erasable pen / friction-erasable pen (such as Pilot FriXion)

提笔 tíbǐ

to take up one's pen / to start to write / to put pen to paper

小朋友 xiǎopéngyou HSK 1 #4,305

child / kid / little friend

友 yǒu #4,301

friend / friendly; amicable