交友

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	friend
simp. and trad. (交友)		交	友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāoyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ jau⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāoyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaoyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-yu³
  - Yale: jyāu-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiauyeou
  - Palladius: цзяою (czjaoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ jau⁵
  - Yale: gāau yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-iú
  - Tâi-lô: kau-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'iuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Verb

交友

to make friends
to date (go out with someone in whom one is romantically or sexually interested)

Synonyms

交接 (jiāojiē)
交朋友
交結 / 交结 (Hokkien)
交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
相交 (xiāngjiāo)
相捌 (Hokkien, Teochew)
相熟 (Hokkien)
相識 / 相识 (xiāngshí)
知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
結交 / 结交 (jiéjiāo)
結交朋友 / 结交朋友 (jiéjiāo péngyǒu)
締交 / 缔交 (dìjiāo) (literary)
訂交 / 订交 (dìngjiāo)
軋朋友 / 轧朋友 (chiefly Shanghainese, dialectal Mandarin)

Derived terms

在線交友 / 在线交友 (zàixiàn jiāoyǒu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	友
こう Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːjɯ̟ː]

Noun

交(こう)友(ゆう) • (kōyū)

Korean

Hanja in this term
交	友

Noun

交友 • (gyou) (hangeul 교우)

hanja form^? of 교우 (“friend; companion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
交	友

Adjective

交友

chữ Hán form of giao hữu (“friendly”)