小朋友(xiǎo péng yǒu)

HSK 13 characters

child

Character breakdown

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Word information

Pinyin
xiǎo péng yǒu
Meaning
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
HSK level
HSK 1
Characters
3
Traditional
Same

Example sentences

How 小朋友 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 小朋友多是外国人。

    xiǎo péng yǒu duō shì wài guó rén

    Most of the kids are foreigners.

  • 小朋友都是外国人。

    xiǎo péng yǒu dōu shì wài guó rén

    Children are all foreigners.

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