假朋友

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (假朋友)		假	朋友

Etymology

Calque of English false friend, in turn a calque of French faux-ami.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎpéngyou, jiǎpéngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² pang⁴ jau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎpéngyou
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎpéngyo̊u
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-pʻêng²-yu⁵
  - Yale: jyǎ-péng-you
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaperng.iou
  - Palladius: цзяпэнъю (czjapɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎpéngyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎpéngyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-pʻêng²-yu³
  - Yale: jyǎ-péng-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaperngyeou
  - Palladius: цзяпэнъю (czjapɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa² pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Yale: gá pàhng yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga² peng⁴ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/

Noun

假朋友

(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) false friend; faux ami
Synonyms: 假等義 / 假等义 (jiǎděngyì), 假友 (jiǎyǒu), 偽友 / 伪友 (wěiyǒu)
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 假,‎ 朋友.