友善

Chinese

		friend	good
trad. (友善)		友	善
simp. #(友善)		友	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒushàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ sin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-san
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-siān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒushàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushàn
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-shan⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushann
    • Palladius: юшань (jušanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ sin⁶
    • Yale: yáuh sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-san
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu´ san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-san
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-siān
    • Tâi-lô: iú-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwsien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn³³/

Adjective

友善

1. amiable; friendly

   你覺得他們對大陸人不友善嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   你觉得他们对大陆人不友善吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ juéde tāmen duì dàlùrén bù yǒushàn ma? [Pinyin]

   Do you think they are unfriendly towards mainlanders?

Synonyms

• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁愛／仁爱 (rén'ài)
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣／和气
• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 善良 (shànliáng)
• 好心 (hǎoxīn)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和／随和