发小

髮小

fàxiǎo

noun

Meanings

HSK 2

他是我的发小，我们从小一起长大。

Tā shì wǒ de fàxiǎo, wǒmen cóngxiǎo yìqǐ zhǎngdà.

He's my childhood friend; we grew up together.

HSK 4

每年春节，我都要和发小一起吃顿饭。

Měi nián Chūnjié, wǒ dōu yào hé fàxiǎo yìqǐ chī dùn fàn.

Every Spring Festival I make a point of having a meal with my childhood friends.

mistakes

发 is read fà here (traditional 髮, "hair"), not fā. The word is northern colloquial, especially in Beijing, and is often said with erhua: 发小儿.

发 fā

小 xiǎo