Chinese symbol for “friendly”
友好
yǒu hǎo
friendly; amicable; close friend
The closest CC-CEDICT match for friendly is 友好 (yǒu hǎo), defined as: friendly; amicable; close friend.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “friendly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 友善 | yǒu shàn | friendly |
| 蔼 (藹) | ǎi | friendly |
| 热身赛 (熱身賽) | rè shēn sài | warm-up match; a friendly |
| 亲睦 (親睦) | qīn mù | friendly; amicable |
| 和气 (和氣) | hé qi | friendly; polite |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 友好.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朋友 | péng you | friend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 网友 (網友) | wǎng yǒu | online friend; netizen; Internet user |
| 女友 | nǚ yǒu | girlfriend |
| 好友 | hǎo yǒu | close friend; pal |
| 女朋友 | nǚ péng you | girlfriend |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
See also: Japanese symbol for “friendly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.