Chinese

Adjective

友好

1. (Beginning Mandarin) friendly; amicable

Noun

友好

1. friendship

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 友好.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ゆうこう [yùúkóó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [jɯᵝːko̞ː]

Noun

友好 ‎(hiragana ゆうこう, romaji yūkō, historical hiragana いうかう)

1. friendship, amity

Antonyms

• 敵対 (てきたい) ‎(tekitai): hostility, antipathy

Synonyms

• 親交 (しんこう) ‎(shinkō)
• 親睦 (しんぼく) ‎(shinboku)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

友好 ‎(hiragana ともよし, romaji Tomoyoshi)

1. A male given name

References

1. ↑ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Leaner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, ISBN 978-4-7674-2305-0.
2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9