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

  (Pinyin): hǎoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² jau⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ho² iu²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-yeu

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ho² iu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hó iú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵²⁻³⁵ iu⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau-yeu
    • MiniDict: hau^去 yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

好友 (countable)

1. good friend (Classifier: 名 m c; 位 m c; 個／个 m c)
2. (social media) friend; contact (Classifier: 名 m c; 位 m c; 個／个 m c)

Synonyms

• (good friend):

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• 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
• 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
• 執友 / 执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
• 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)

Derived terms

• 好友列表 (hǎoyǒu lièbiǎo)
• 親朋好友 / 亲朋好友 (qīnpénghǎoyǒu)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² jau^5-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² jau^5-2
    • Yale: hóu yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² jau^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² yeo^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

好友

1. (Hong Kong, chiefly finance) optimist; bull

Antonyms

• 淡友