友好

Chinese

		friend	good; well; be fond of
trad. (友好)		友	好
simp. #(友好)		友	好
anagram		好友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuhǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hou²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iú-hó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iu² ho²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-hau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuhǎo [Phonetic: yóuhǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuhǎo
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-hao³
    • Yale: yǒu-hǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouhao
    • Palladius: юхао (juxao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ hou²
    • Yale: yáuh hóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ hou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-hó
    • Tâi-lô: iú-hó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iw'hoir
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iu² ho²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iú hó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yeu-hau
    • MiniDict: yeu^去 hau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-hau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² hɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

友好

1. friendly; amicable

   友好協商／友好协商  ―  yǒuhǎo xiéshāng  ―  amicable consultation

Synonyms

• 友愛／友爱 (yǒu'ài)

Noun

友好

1. close friend
2. friendship

Synonyms

• (close friend):

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• 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
• 執友 / 执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
• 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
• 相知 (xiāngzhī)
• 知交 (zhījiāo)
• 知友 (zhīyǒu)
• 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)

• (friendship):

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• 交情 (jiāoqíng)
• 友情 (yǒuqíng)
• 友誼 / 友谊 (yǒuyì)
• 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
• 心意 (xīnyì)
• 恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)
• 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
• 情愛 / 情爱 (qíng'ài)
• 情意 (qíngyì)
• 情義 / 情义 (qíngyì)
• 情誼 / 情谊 (qíngyì)
• 意思

Derived terms

• 友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
友	好
ゆう Grade: 2	こう Grade: 4
kan'on	on'yomi

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo). First attested in 1900.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうこー [yùúkóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːko̞ː]

Noun

友(ゆう)好(こう) • (yūkō) ^{←いうかう (iukau)?}

1. friendship, amity [from 1900]

   Synonyms: 親交 (shinkō), 親睦 (shinboku)

   Antonym: 敵対 (tekitai, “hostility, antipathy”)

Derived terms

• 友好的(ゆうこうてき) (yūkōteki): friendly, amicable
• 友好国(ゆうこうこく) (yūkō koku): a friendly nation
• 友好条約(ゆうこうじょうやく) (yūkō jōyaku): a friendship treaty, a treaty of amity

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
友	好
とも Grade: 2	よし Grade: 4
kun'yomi	nanori

Compound of 友(とも) (tomo, “friend”) + 好(よし) (yoshi, “good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

友(とも)好(よし) • (Tomoyoshi) 

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “友好”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026