友好

Chinese

		friend	good; well; be fond of
trad. (友好)		友	好
simp. ^#(友好)		友	好
anagram		好友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒuhǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iú-hó

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu² ho²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-hau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuhǎo [Phonetic: yóuhǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuhǎo
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-hao³
  - Yale: yǒu-hǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouhao
  - Palladius: юхао (juxao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ hou²
  - Yale: yáuh hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ hou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-hó
  - Tâi-lô: iú-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iw'hoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu² ho²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iú hó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yeu-hau
  - MiniDict: yeu^去 hau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-hau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² hɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

友好

friendly; amicable
友好協商／友好协商 ― yǒuhǎo xiéshāng ― amicable consultation

Synonyms

友愛／友爱 (yǒu'ài)

Noun

友好

Synonyms

(close friend):

同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
執友 / 执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
好友 (hǎoyǒu)
相知 (xiāngzhī)
知交 (zhījiāo)
知友 (zhīyǒu)
知己 (zhījǐ)
知心 (zhīxīn)
知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
知音 (zhīyīn)
良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
良知 (liángzhī)
高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
齒輪 / 齿轮 (ci³ nen²) (Sichuanese)

(friendship):

交情 (jiāoqíng)
友情 (yǒuqíng)
友誼 / 友谊 (yǒuyì)
寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
心意 (xīnyì)
恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)
情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
情愛 / 情爱 (qíng'ài)
情意 (qíngyì)
情義 / 情义 (qíngyì)
情誼 / 情谊 (qíngyì)
意思

Derived terms

友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
友	好
ゆう Grade: 2	こう Grade: 4
kan'on	on'yomi

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo). First cited to a text from 1900.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆうこー [yùúkóó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːko̞ː]

Noun

友(ゆう)好(こう) • (yūkō) ^{←いうかう (iukau)^?}

[from 1900] friendship, amity
Synonyms: 親交 (shinkō), 親睦 (shinboku)

Antonym: 敵対 (tekitai, “hostility, antipathy”)

Derived terms

友好的(ゆうこうてき) (yūkōteki): friendly, amicable
友好国(ゆうこうこく) (yūkō koku): a friendly nation
友好条約(ゆうこうじょうやく) (yūkō jōyaku): a friendship treaty, a treaty of amity

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
友	好
とも Grade: 2	よし Grade: 4
kun'yomi	nanori

Compound of 友 (tomo, “friend”) +‎ 好 (yoshi, “good”). The 好 kanji used for the yoshi reading is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

友(とも)好(よし) • (Tomoyoshi)

a male given name

References

^ “友好”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN