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做朋友

做朋友

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	friend
simp. and trad. (做朋友)		做	朋友

Verb

做朋友

to make friends; to be friends

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zuòpéngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ pang⁴ jau⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuòpéngyǒu → zuòpéngyou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ → ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohpengr.yeou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Yale: jouh pàhng yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/