嫖友

Chinese

		visit a prostitute	friend
trad. (嫖友)		嫖	友
simp. #(嫖友)		嫖	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piáoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): piu⁴ jau^5-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piáoyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piáoyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻiao²-yu³
    • Yale: pyáu-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyauyeou
    • Palladius: пяою (pjaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: piu⁴ jau^5-2
    • Yale: pìuh yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: piu⁴ jau^5-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: piu⁴ yeo^5-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiːu̯²¹ jɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

嫖友

1. a friend to see prostitutes with; a brothel buddy
2. (Cantonese) patron of a brothel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嫖客 (“brothel patron”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嫖客
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	嫖客
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	嫖客
	Xi'an	嫖客
	Xining	嫖客
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嫖客
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嫖友, 老舉湯圓
	Hong Kong	嫖客, 老契
Gan	Lichuan	嫖客
	Pingxiang	嫖客
Jin	Xinzhou	嫖客
Southern Min	Leizhou	客官
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嫖客, 嫖騇公
Wu	Suzhou	嫖客
	Danyang	嫖客
	Hangzhou	嫖客