筆友

See also: 笔友

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	friend
trad. (筆友)		筆	友
simp. (笔友)		笔	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐyǒu [Phonetic: bíyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-yu³
    • Yale: bǐ-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiyeou
    • Palladius: бию (biju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bat¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: bāt yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 不有 筆友／笔友

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-iú
    • Tâi-lô: pit-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pit'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 筆友

1. pen pal

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 信友 (seon3 jau5)