偽友

See also: 伪友

Chinese

		false; fake; forged false; fake; forged; bogus	friend
trad. (偽友/僞友)		偽/僞	友
simp. (伪友)		伪	友

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěiyǒu, wèiyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄡˇ, ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěiyǒu [Phonetic: wéiyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wěiyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wei³-yu³
    • Yale: wěi-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiyeou
    • Palladius: вэйю (vɛjju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-yu³
    • Yale: wèi-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyyeou
    • Palladius: вэйю (vɛjju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

偽友

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

Synonyms

• 假等義／假等义 (jiǎděngyì)
• 假朋友 (jiǎpéngyou)
• 假友 (jiǎyǒu)