交友

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	friend
simp. and trad. (交友)		交	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kau-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāoyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaoyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-yu³
    • Yale: jyāu-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiauyeou
    • Palladius: цзяою (czjaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: gāau yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-iú
    • Tâi-lô: kau-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kau'iuo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kau³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Verb

交友

1. to make friends
2. to date (go out with someone in whom one is romantically or sexually interested)

Synonyms

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• 交接 (jiāojiē)
• 交朋友
• 交結 / 交结 (Hokkien)
• 交遊 / 交游 (jiāoyóu)
• 相交 (xiāngjiāo)
• 相捌 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 相熟 (Hokkien)
• 相識 / 相识 (xiāngshí)
• 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
• 結交 / 结交 (jiéjiāo)
• 結交朋友 / 结交朋友 (jiéjiāo péngyǒu)
• 締交 / 缔交 (dìjiāo) (literary)
• 訂交 / 订交 (dìngjiāo)
• 軋朋友 / 轧朋友 (chiefly Shanghainese, dialectal Mandarin)

Derived terms

• 在線交友 / 在线交友 (zàixiàn jiāoyǒu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
交	友
こう Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːjɯ̟ː]
• (Tokyo) こーゆう [kòóyúú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

交(こう)友(ゆう) • (kōyū) 

1. friendship
2. friend

References

• “交友”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
交	友

Noun

交友 • (gyou) (hangeul 교우)

1. hanja form^? of 교우 (“friend; companion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
交	友

Adjective

交友

1. chữ Hán form of giao hữu (“friendly”)