病友

病友

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	friend
simp. and trad. (病友)		病	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bìngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binqyeou
    • IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

病友

1. wardmate; friend made while staying at a hospital

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
病	友
びょう Grade: 3	ゆう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Sinitic compound of 病 (byō, “sick”) +‎ 友 (yū, “friend”). Compare Mandarin 病友 (bìng yoǔ, “wardmate; a friend made in hospital”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) びょーゆう [byòóyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [bʲo̞ːjɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

病友 (hiragana びょうゆう, rōmaji byōyū, historical hiragana びやういう)

1. a sick friend, a friend who is ill
2. different people who have the same disease (not necessarily friends)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan