好友
Chinese
Etymology 1
| good; well; be fond of | friend | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (好友) | 好 | 友 | |
| simp. #(好友) | 好 | 友 | |
| anagram | 友好 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hǎoyǒu [Phonetic: háoyǒu]
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hǎoyǒu
- Wade–Giles: hao3-yu3
- Yale: hǎu-yǒu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoyeou
- Palladius: хаою (xaoju)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hou2 jau5
- Yale: hóu yáuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou2 jau5
- Guangdong Romanization: hou2 yeo5
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-iú
- Tâi-lô: hó-iú
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoyiuo
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iu⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iu⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ho2 iu2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó iú
- Sinological IPA (key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
好友 (countable)
- good friend (Classifier: 名 m c; 位 m c; 個／个 m c)
- (social media) friend; contact (Classifier: 名 m c; 位 m c; 個／个 m c)
Synonyms
- (good friend):
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| good; well; be fond of | friend | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (好友) | 好 | 友 | |
| simp. #(好友) | 好 | 友 | |
| anagram | 友好 | ||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hou2 jau5-2
- Yale: hóu yáu
- Cantonese Pinyin: hou2 jau5-2
- Guangdong Romanization: hou2 yeo5-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
好友