交朋友(jiāo péng you): to make friends
3 characters
to make friends
Character breakdown
3 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 交朋友 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
汤姆试着交朋友。
tāng mǔ shì zhe jiāo péng yǒu
Tom tried to make friends.
我想跟你交朋友。
wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ jiāo péng yǒu
I do want to be your friend.
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