老朋友

lǎopéngyou

noun HSK 2 #2,666

Meanings

1 old friend

Characters

old; long-standing

Examples

他是我的老朋友。

Tā shì wǒ de lǎopéngyou.

He is my old friend.

今天碰到了一个老朋友。

Jīntiān pèngdào le yí ge lǎopéngyou.

I ran into an old friend today.

Tips

usage

老 here means "long-standing," not aged. An 老朋友 could be any age — it's about the length of the friendship, not the person's age.

Stroke Order

老 lǎo

朋 péng

友 yǒu