交友

交友

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	friend
simp. and trad. (交友)		交	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ jau⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): kau-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāoyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaoyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-yu³
    • Yale: jyāu-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiauyeou
    • Palladius: цзяою (czjaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: gāau yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-iú
    • Tâi-lô: kau-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Verb

交友

1. to make friends
2. to date (go out with someone in whom one is romantically or sexually interested)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 交友

交接 (jiāojiē) 交朋友 (jiāo péngyou) 相交 (xiāngjiāo) 相捌 (Min Nan) 相熟 (xiāngshú) (Min Nan) 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary) 結交朋友／结交朋友 (jiéjiāo péngyǒu)

交結／交结 (Min Nan) 交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu) 相識／相识 (xiāngshí) 結交／结交 (jiéjiāo) 締交／缔交 (dìjiāo) (literary) 訂交／订交 (dìngjiāo) 軋朋友／轧朋友 (gá péngyou) (chiefly Shanghainese, dialectal Mandarin)

Derived terms

在線交友／在线交友 (zàixiàn jiāoyǒu)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	友
こう Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːjɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

交(こう)友(ゆう) • (kōyū) 

1. friendship
2. friend

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Korean

Hanja in this term
交	友

Noun

交友 • (gyou) (hangeul 교우)

1. Hanja form^? of 교우 (“friend; companion”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
交	友

Adjective

交友

1. chữ Hán form of giao hữu (“friendly”).