知友

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	friend
simp. and trad. (知友)		知	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ti-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-yu³
    • Yale: jr̄-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyeou
    • Palladius: чжию (čžiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ti-iú
    • Tâi-lô: ti-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Noun

知友

1. intimate friend; bosom friend

Synonyms

• 友好 (yǒuhǎo)
• 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
• 執友／执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
• 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
• 相知 (xiāngzhī)
• 知交 (zhījiāo)
• 知己 (zhījǐ)
• 知心 (zhīxīn)
• 知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
• 知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
• 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
• 知音 (zhīyīn)
• 良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
• 良知 (liángzhī)
• 高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
• 齒輪／齿轮 (ci³ nen²) (Sichuanese)