做朋友

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (做朋友)		做	朋友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuò péngyou, zuò péngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ pang⁴ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò péngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò péngyo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ pʻêng²-yu⁵
    • Yale: dzwò péng-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh perng.iou
    • Palladius: цзо пэнъю (czo pɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuò péngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuò péngyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴ pʻêng²-yu³
    • Yale: dzwò péng-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuoh perngyeou
    • Palladius: цзо пэнъю (czo pɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: jouh pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/

Verb

做⫽朋友 (verb-object)

1. to make friends; to be friends