HSK 4 · Family

友谊 yǒuyì “companionship” in Chinese

Traditional 友誼

What 友谊 means

  1. companionship
  2. fellowship
  3. friendship

How to say 友谊

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale友yǒu3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale谊yì4th tone, falling

友谊 in a sentence

  1. 真正的友谊比金钱更有价值。

    Zhēnzhèng de yǒuyì bǐ jīnqián gèng yǒu jiàzhí.

    Real friendship is more valuable than money.

    Sentence #482695 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们的友谊受到了考验。

    Wǒmen de yǒuyì shòudào le kǎoyàn.

    Our friendship was put to the test.

    Sentence #8558455 from Tatoeba

  3. 希望这是美好友谊的开始。

    Xīwàng zhè shì měihǎo yǒuyì de kāishǐ.

    I hope this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

    Sentence #13532049 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 友谊 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 友 (yǒu) drawn as one shape
友yǒufriend

友 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidTwo hands 又 joined: friendship.

The character 谊 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
谊yìfriendship
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 宜fitting · yí

How to write 友谊

友 4 strokes · 谊 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

友谊 (yǒuyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 友谊 (yǒuyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 友谊

Words with 友

朋友péngyou · friend男朋友nánpéngyou · boyfriend女朋友nǚpéngyou · girlfriend小朋友xiǎopéngyǒu · child友好yǒuhǎo · friendly

Words with 谊

深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

More words: People, Body & Health

年龄niánlíng · (a person’s) age亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)孙子sūnzi · grandson小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man作者zuòzhě · author肚子dùzi · belly胳膊gēbo · arm咳嗽késou · to cough

FAQs

友谊 (yǒuyì) means “companionship” or “fellowship”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yǒuyì: yǒu with a 3rd tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 友谊 is written 友誼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 友谊 from the suggestions. Typing youyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
友谊 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.