故交

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
simp. and trad. (故交)		故	交

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùjiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ gaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-kau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùjiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùjiao
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-chiao¹
    • Yale: gù-jyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhjiau
    • Palladius: гуцзяо (guczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ gaau¹
    • Yale: gu gāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ gaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ gao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ kaːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-kau
    • Tâi-lô: kòo-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: korkaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ kau⁴⁴/

Noun

故交

1. (literary) old friend

Synonyms

• 以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 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)