好朋友

好朋友

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (好朋友)		好	朋友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎopéngyou, hǎopéngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² pang⁴ jau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-phèn-yû
• Min Dong (BUC): hō̤-bèng-īu
• Min Nan (POJ): hó-pêng-iú
• Wu (Wiktionary): hau ban hhieu (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎopéngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoperng.iou
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǎopéngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoperngyeou
    • IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: hóu pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-phèn-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` penˇ iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho<sup>3</sup> pen<sup>2</sup> yiu<sup>1</sup>
    • IPA: /ho³¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-phèn-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho` penˇ (r)iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ pen² yiu¹
    • IPA: /ho³¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hō̤-bèng-īu
    • IPA ^(key): /ho³³⁻³⁵ ^(p-)βɛiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋieu³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: hó-pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'peng'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hau ban hhieu (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔ³³ b̻ã⁵⁵ ɦiɜ²¹/

Noun

好朋友

1. good friend; best friend

   ……因為豬同鴨係好朋友 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   ……因为猪同鸭系好朋友 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   ...... jan¹ wai⁶ zyu¹ tung⁴ aap³ hai⁶ hou² pang⁴ jau⁵ [Jyutping]

   ... because pig and duck are good friends

2. (chiefly Taiwan, euphemistic, slang) monthly friend; menstruation; period

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事
Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Jinan	月經, 例假
	Muping	經脈兒
	Jiedian	月經, 身上
	Wuhan	好事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽
	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	月期
	Dongshi (Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Min Nan	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經
	Lukang	月經
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Wenzhou	身上來
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家