假朋友

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (假朋友)		假	朋友

Etymology

Calque of English false friend, in turn a calque of French faux-ami.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎpéngyou, jiǎpéngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² pang⁴ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎpéngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎpéngyo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-pʻêng²-yu⁵
    • Yale: jyǎ-péng-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaperng.iou
    • Palladius: цзяпэнъю (czjapɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎpéngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎpéngyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-pʻêng²-yu³
    • Yale: jyǎ-péng-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaperngyeou
    • Palladius: цзяпэнъю (czjapɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa² pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: gá pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga² peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/

Noun

假朋友

1. (linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) false friend; faux ami

   Synonyms: 假等義／假等义 (jiǎděngyì), 假友 (jiǎyǒu), 偽友／伪友 (wěiyǒu)

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 假,‎ 朋友.