故知

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (故知)		故	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùjhih
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-chih¹
    • Yale: gù-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhjy
    • Palladius: гучжи (gučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

Noun

故知

1. (literary) old acquaintance; old friend

Synonyms

• 以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故舊／故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
• 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
• 老朋 (Cantonese)
• 老朋友
• 老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
• 老相識／老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
• 舊交／旧交 (jiùjiāo)
• 舊友／旧友 (jiùyǒu)
• 舊故／旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
• 舊知／旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)