朋友

		friend	friend
simp. and trad. (朋友)		朋	友

朋友

1. friend (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 位 m c)

   童年的朋友  ―  tóngnián de péngyǒu  ―  childhood friend

   結交新朋友／结交新朋友  ―  jiéjiāo xīn péngyǒu  ―  to make new friends

   呢個係我個朋友。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   呢个系我个朋友。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ go³ hai⁶ ngo⁵ go³ pang⁴ jau⁵. [Jyutping]

   This is my friend.

   佢唔知佢朋友屋企喺邊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢唔知佢朋友屋企喺边。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ m⁴ zi¹ keoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ uk¹ kei² hai² bin¹. [Jyutping]

   He doesn't know where his friend's house is.

   伊勿曉得伊朋友屋裡垃啥地方。 [Shanghainese, trad.]
   伊勿晓得伊朋友屋里垃啥地方。 [Shanghainese, simp.]

   ⁶yi ⁶veq₈-shiau₅-teq₇ ⁶yi ⁶ban-yeu₆ ⁷oq-li₆ ⁸laq ⁵sa-di₆-faon₁ [Wugniu]

   He doesn't know where his friend's house is.

   伊毋知朋友的厝佇佗位。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊毋知朋友的厝伫佗位。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I m̄ chai pêng-iú ê chhù tī tó-ūi. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He doesn't know where his friend's house is.

   伊唔知朋友個內在底塊。 [Teochew, trad.]
   伊唔知朋友个内在底块。 [Teochew, simp.]

   i¹ m⁶ zai¹ pêng⁵ iu² gai⁵ lai⁶ do⁶ di⁷ go³. [Peng'im]

   He doesn't know where his friend's house is.

   你的近況斷續從朋友口中傳到我耳畔。 [MSC, trad.]
   你的近况断续从朋友口中传到我耳畔。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ de jìnkuàng duànxù cóng péngyǒu kǒu zhōng chuán dào wǒ ěrpàn. [Pinyin]

   Your news intermittently came to my ears through friends' words.

   我跟她真的只是普通朋友。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ gēn tā zhēnde zhǐshì pǔtōng péngyǒu. [Pinyin]

   She and I are really just friends.

   世界上最可悲的事情，莫過於你喜歡他，他卻只把你當朋友。 [MSC, trad.]
   世界上最可悲的事情，莫过于你喜欢他，他却只把你当朋友。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shìjiè shàng zuì kěbēi de shìqíng, mòguòyú nǐ xǐhuān tā, tā què zhǐ bǎ nǐ dāng péngyǒu. [Pinyin]

   The saddest thing in the world is liking someone but they only see you as a friend.

   1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Term of address to a South Asian person.
2. (euphemistic) boyfriend or girlfriend; partner

• (friend):

• (antonym(s) of “friend”):

• (friend): 好友 (hǎoyǒu, “good friend”), 老友 (lǎoyǒu, “old friend”)

• 賓朋／宾朋 (bīnpéng), 高朋 (gāopéng), 良朋 (liángpéng), 朋侶／朋侣 (pénglǚ)
• 筆友／笔友 (bǐyǒu), 網友／网友 (wǎngyǒu), 醉朋

• “Entry #4215”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

朋友

1. (archaic) large number of retainers
2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students

• (large number of retainers): (archaic) 群臣 (qúnchén)

Others:

• → Hmong (Leng/Der): fim ywg
• → White Hmong: phooj ywg
• → Zhuang: baengzyoux

Kanji in this term
朋	友
ほう Jinmeiyō	ゆう Grade: 2
on'yomi

/hoː iu/ → /hoːjiu/ → /hoːjuː/

From Middle Chinese compound 朋友 (MC bong hjuwX).

• (Tokyo) ほーゆう [hòóyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːjɯ̟ː]

朋(ほう)友(ゆう) • (hōyū) ^{←ほういう (fouiu)?}
(alternative reading hiragana ぼうゆう, rōmaji bōyū, historical hiragana ぼういう)

1. (uncommon) a friend

   Synonyms: 友達 (tomodachi), 仲間 (nakama), 友人 (yūjin) (more common)

   Antonym: 仇敵 (kyūteki)

• 知己(ちき)朋友(ほうゆう) (chiki hōyū, “acquaintance”)

• 善(ぜん)を責(せ)むるは朋友(ほうゆう)の道(みち)なり (zen o semuru wa hōyū no michi nari)

Kanji in this term
朋	友
ぽん Jinmeiyō	ゆう Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spellings
ポンユー ポン友

Borrowing from Mandarin 朋友 (péngyǒu).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) ポンユー [pòń'yúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [põ̞ɰ̃jɯ̟ː]

朋友(ポンユー) • (pon'yū) 

1. (slang, dated) a friend

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
朋	友

朋友

1. chữ Hán form of bằng hữu (“friend”).