至友 is one way to say best friend in Chinese.

The first character can mean “most,” “extreme,” or “best.”
The second character means “friend” or “friends” (plural forms work differently in China).

Can also be translated as “close friend” or “most intimate friend.”

See Also:  Friendship | Soulmates

至交 is an alternate way to say best friend in Chinese.

The first character can mean “most,” “extreme” or “best.” The second character means “making friends” or “building friendship.” There's sort of a suggestion with the second character that fate caused you to intersect in life and become friends (that character can mean intersection in some context).

This can also mean “most intimate friend,” “very good friend of long-standing,” or “closest friend.”

See Also:  Friendship | Soulmates

親友 is the Japanese way to say “best friend.”

The first character can mean “relative” or sometimes “parents.” The second character means “friend.” Think about the close relationship that Japanese people have with their parents and relatives, and this starts to mean “close friends.”

Some Japanese-English dictionaries also translate this as “bosom friend,” “old friend,” “intimate friend,” “buddy,” “crony” or “chum.”

Note that in Chinese, this means “relatives and friends.” It's a good meaning in Chinese, but it's not quite the same as “best friends.”

莫逆の友 is Japanese expressing meaning “excellent friends” or “best friends.”

Depending on the context, 教友 can mean Christian or “friend of the same religion.”

While technically, it could be any religion, this is used mainly within the Christian faith. You can also translate this as “Christian friend” and, in some cases, “Church member.”

永遠の友 is a Japanese phrase about eternal friendship.

The first two characters mean eternal, eternity, perpetuity, forever, immortality, and permanence.

The third character is a possessive article which sort of makes this selection mean “Love, of the eternal kind.”

The last character is “friend” or “Friendship.”

See Also:  Best Friends

親朋好友 is a Chinese title that simply means “family and friends” or “kith and kin.”

If you read each character more literally, it's like, “relatives, friends, [and] good/close friends.”

家族や友人 means “family and friends,” in Japanese.

弗里德 is the name Fried in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリード is the name Fried in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

弗里達 is the name Frieda in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリーダ is the name Frieda in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

弗里德曼 is the name Friedman in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリードマン is the name Friedman in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

弗里德里希 is the name Friedrich in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリエドリク is the name Friedrich in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

弗里爾 is the name Friel in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリエル is the name Friel in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

友 is the simplest way to express the idea of friends or friendship in Chinese.

It can mean friend, companion, or pal in Japanese. In Korean, it can mean friend, companion, or associate.

This single character is open to interpretation, so it can mean different things to different people (not necessarily a bad thing, as you can decide what it means to you). If you want a more concisely-defined word, you should probably pick one of our multi-character friendship-related words.

See Also:  Best Friends | Friendly | Friendship

友達 is the most common way to say “friend” in Japanese.

See Also:  Best Friends | Friendly | Friendship

友好 is a Japanese, Chinese, and old Korean word that means friendliness.

This word can also be defined as “amity,” “friendly,” and “outgoing.”

This can be a Japanese given name Yuukou or Yuko. It can also be a Japanese surname that romanizes as Tomoyoshi.

See Also:  Friendship

永遠的朋友 means friends that are eternal or a friendship that will last forever - you will remain the best of friends as long as you live.

The first two characters mean forever, eternal, eternity, perpetuity, immortality, and/or permanence.

The middle character links the words (it's a possessive article).

The last two characters represent friendship, or simply “friends.”

朋 is a simple way to say friend, companion, comrade, or pal in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, or old Korean Hanja.

朋 is a very short form, so a longer two-character word for friendship might be better.

Note: In Japanese, this can also be the female given name, Yukari.

友誼 can be defined as companionship or fellowship.

This word is common in Chinese and Korean Hanja but is seldom used in Japanese anymore.

See Also:  Partnership | Friendliness

友情 can be translated as “camaraderie” or “fellowship.”

But this character combination is only used commonly in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja.

友愛道場 can be translated as “Friendship Dojo.”

友愛 = Friendship or fraternity.

道場 = Training hall.

弗里爾森 is the name Frierson in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリアソン is the name Frierson in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

弗里斯 is the name Fries in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリース is the name Fries in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

弗里森 is the name Friesen in Chinese (Mandarin).

フリーゼン is the name Friesen in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

杰弗里德 is the name Geofried in Chinese (Mandarin).

ジオフリード is the name Geofried in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

戈特弗里德 is the name Gottfried in Chinese (Mandarin).

ゴットフリエッド is the name Gottfried in Japanese (Katakana).

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

杰弗里斯 is the name Jeffries in Chinese (Mandarin).

ジェフリーズ is the name Jeffries in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

良師益友 is a Chinese proverb or word that means good teacher and helpful friend.

In the most simple translation, these 4 characters mean mentor.

西格弗里德 is the name Siegfried in Chinese (Mandarin).

ジークフリート is the name Siegfried in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

摯友 is one way to say best friend in Chinese.

The first character can mean “honest” or “most sincere.” The second character means “friend” or “friends” (plural forms work differently in Chinese).

See Also:  Friendship | Soulmates

盟友 means a sworn friend or ally. If you stand on the same side of an issue with someone and perhaps fight for the same cause together, this is the term you would use to describe such a partner.

There may not be a personal relationship, as this term is also used to describe whole countries that make a coalition or fight against a common enemy.

This would be most appropriate if you are a high-level military officer, giving this wall scroll to an officer of another country as you join forces together and go to war.

夠朋友 is a colloquial title in Chinese meaning “to be a true friend.”

真の友 is “true friend” in Japanese.

威爾弗里德 is the name Wilfried in Chinese (Mandarin).

ヴィルフリート is the name Wilfried in Japanese.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.