老友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend
trad. (老友)		老	友
simp. ^#(老友)		老	友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyǒu [Phonetic: láoyǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-yu³
  - Yale: lǎu-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyeou
  - Palladius: лаою (laoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁵
  - Yale: lóuh yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iú
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ iu⁴¹/

Noun

老友

old friend; old pal

Synonyms

故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
故人 (gùrén) (literary)
故友 (gùyǒu)
故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
故舊 / 故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
老朋 (Cantonese)
老朋友
老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
老相識 / 老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
舊交 / 旧交 (jiùjiāo)
舊友 / 旧友 (jiùyǒu)
舊故 / 旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
舊知 / 旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)

Derived terms

Adjective

老友

(Cantonese) in a deep friendship