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親友

親友

See also: 亲友

Chinese

		dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring	friend
trad. (親友)		親	友
simp. (亲友)		亲	友

Noun

親友

friends and relatives

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親	友
Grade: 2	Grade: 2

Noun

親友 ‎(hiragana しんゆう, romaji shin'yū)

close friend, bosom buddy
crony, chum

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qīnyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): can¹ jau⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhîn-yû
Min Nan (POJ): chhin-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīnyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣㄧㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinyeou
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: can¹ jau⁵
  - Yale: chān yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsan¹ jau⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: qin´ iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ yiu¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhîn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: qin´ (r)iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qin¹ yiu¹
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰin²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhin-iú
  - Tâi-lô: tshin-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chin'iuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰin³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/