交朋友

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (交朋友)		交	朋友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāo péngyou, jiāo péngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄐㄧㄠ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ pang⁴ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo péngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao péngyo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹ pʻêng²-yu⁵
    • Yale: jyāu péng-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau perng.iou
    • Palladius: цзяо пэнъю (czjao pɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāo péngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiao péngyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹ pʻêng²-yu³
    • Yale: jyāu péng-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiau perngyeou
    • Palladius: цзяо пэнъю (czjao pɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: gāau pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/

Verb

交朋友

1. to make friends
2. to go steady

Synonyms

• (to make friends): (Shanghainese, dialectal Mandarin) 軋朋友／轧朋友 (gá péngyou), 交朋友 (jiāo péngyou), 交遊／交游 (jiāoyóu), 結交朋友/结交朋友 (jiéjiāo péngyou)
• (to go steady): (Shanghainese, dialectal Mandarin) 軋朋友／轧朋友 (gá péngyou)