| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
友, 朋, 朋友, 友人, 友生
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
朋友, 友人
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
朋友
|
| Taiwan
|
朋友
|
| Chengde
|
朋友
|
| Chifeng
|
朋友
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
朋友
|
| Heihe
|
朋友
|
| Qiqihar
|
朋友
|
| Harbin
|
朋友, 老鐵
|
| Jiamusi
|
朋友
|
| Baicheng
|
朋友
|
| Changchun
|
朋友
|
| Tonghua
|
朋友
|
| Shenyang
|
朋友
|
| Jinzhou
|
朋友
|
| Singapore
|
朋友
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
朋友
|
| Tangshan
|
朋友
|
| Cangzhou
|
朋友
|
| Baoding
|
朋友
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
朋友
|
| Lijin
|
朋友
|
| Jinan
|
朋友
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
朋友
|
| Dandong
|
朋友
|
| Yantai
|
朋友
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
朋友
|
| Qingdao
|
朋友
|
| Zhucheng
|
朋友, 相好的
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
朋友
|
| Lingbao
|
朋友
|
| Jining
|
朋友
|
| Wanrong
|
朋友
|
| Linfen
|
朋友
|
| Shangqiu
|
朋友
|
| Yuanyang
|
朋友
|
| Zhengzhou
|
朋友
|
| Xinyang
|
朋友
|
| Baihe
|
朋友
|
| Xi'an
|
朋友
|
| Baoji
|
朋友
|
| Tianshui
|
朋友
|
| Xining
|
朋友
|
| Xuzhou
|
朋友, 夥計
|
| Fuyang
|
朋友
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
朋友
|
| Lanzhou
|
朋友
|
| Dunhuang
|
朋友
|
| Hami
|
朋友
|
| Ürümqi
|
朋友
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
朋友
|
| Nanchong
|
朋友
|
| Dazhou
|
朋友, 耍得好
|
| Hanyuan
|
朋友, 夥計
|
| Xichang
|
朋友
|
| Zigong
|
朋友
|
| Chongqing
|
朋友
|
| Wuhan
|
朋友
|
| Yichang
|
朋友
|
| Xiangyang
|
朋友, 老把
|
| Tianmen
|
朋友, 老夥計
|
| Guiyang
|
朋友
|
| Zunyi
|
朋友
|
| Bijie
|
朋友
|
| Liping
|
朋友
|
| Zhaotong
|
朋友
|
| Dali
|
朋友
|
| Kunming
|
朋友
|
| Mengzi
|
朋友
|
| Guilin
|
朋友
|
| Liuzhou
|
朋友
|
| Jishou
|
朋友
|
| Changde
|
朋友
|
| Hanzhong
|
朋友
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
朋友
|
| Yangzhou
|
朋友
|
| Lianyungang
|
朋友
|
| Lianshui
|
朋友
|
| Nantong
|
朋友
|
| Anqing
|
朋友
|
| Wuhu
|
朋友
|
| Hefei
|
朋友
|
| Hong'an
|
朋友, 夥計
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
朋友
|
| Hong Kong
|
朋友, friend, friend子
|
| Taishan
|
朋友
|
| Dongguan
|
朋友
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
朋友
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
朋友
|
| Lichuan
|
朋友
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
朋友
|
| Yudu
|
朋友
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
朋友
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
朋友
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
朋友
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
朋友
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
朋友
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
朋友
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
朋友
|
| Shexian
|
朋友
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
朋友
|
| Yangyuan
|
朋友, 相好的
|
| Datong
|
朋友
|
| Xinzhou
|
朋友, 結拜 dated
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
朋友, 拜識
|
| Changzhi
|
朋友, 相好的
|
| Linhe
|
朋友
|
| Jining
|
朋友
|
| Hohhot
|
朋友
|
| Erenhot
|
朋友
|
| Pingshan
|
朋友, 相好的
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
朋友
|
| Handan
|
朋友
|
| Linzhou
|
朋友
|
| Suide
|
朋友, 相好的
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
朋友, 朋友伙
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
朋友
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
朋友, 交丸 dated
|
| Quanzhou
|
朋友
|
| Jinjiang
|
朋友
|
| Zhangzhou
|
朋友
|
| Tainan
|
朋友
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
朋友, 交丸
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
朋友, 交丸
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
朋友
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
朋友
|
| Haikou
|
朋友
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
朋友
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
朋友
|
| Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
朋子
|
| Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
朋
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
朋友
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
朋友
|
| Suzhou
|
朋友
|
| Danyang
|
朋友
|
| Hangzhou
|
朋友
|
| Ningbo
|
朋友, 朋友家
|
| Wenzhou
|
朋友家, 朋友
|
| Jinhua
|
朋友
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
朋友
|
| Xiangxiang
|
朋友
|
