室友

Chinese

		room	friend
simp. and trad. (室友)		室	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sek-iú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷seq-yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yu³
    • Yale: shr̀-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyeou
    • Palladius: шию (šiju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: sāt yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sek-iú
    • Tâi-lô: sik-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sek'iuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷seq-yeu
    • MiniDict: seh^入 yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴seq-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /səʔ³³ ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

室友

1. roommate
2. (China, LGBTQ, slang, euphemistic) boyfriend

Synonyms

• 同屋 (tóngwū)

Hyponyms

• 舍友 (shèyǒu) (in dormitories)