"知友" meaning in Chinese

See 知友 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/, /ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/, /ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/, /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/, /ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: zhīyǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ti-iú, zhīyǒu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jhihyǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chih¹-yu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jr̄-yǒu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jyyeou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чжию [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čžiju [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], ti-iú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ti-iú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], di'iuo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 知友
  1. intimate friend; bosom friend
    Sense id: en-知友-zh-noun-G3A0O0R0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Synonyms: 友好 (yǒuhǎo), 同袍 (tóngpáo) [literary], 執友 (zhíyǒu) [literary], 执友 (zhíyǒu) [literary], 好友 (hǎoyǒu), 相知 (xiāngzhī), 知交 (zhījiāo), 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 (ci3 nen2) [Sichuanese], 齿轮 (ci3 nen2) [Sichuanese]
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    {
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "知友",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "intimate friend; bosom friend"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "intimate",
          "intimate"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "bosom",
          "bosom"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yǒuhǎo",
          "word": "友好"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tóngpáo",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "同袍"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhíyǒu",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "執友"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhíyǒu",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "执友"
        },
        {
          "roman": "hǎoyǒu",
          "word": "好友"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāngzhī",
          "word": "相知"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhījiāo",
          "word": "知交"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhījǐ",
          "word": "知己"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīxīn",
          "word": "知心"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīxīn péngyou",
          "word": "知心朋友"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīyán",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "知言"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīyù",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "知遇"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhīyīn",
          "word": "知音"
        },
        {
          "roman": "liángpéng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "良朋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "liángzhī",
          "word": "良知"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gāopéng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "高朋"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ci3 nen2",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "齒輪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ci3 nen2",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "齿轮"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ti-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжию"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ti-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ti-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "di'iuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "知友"
}
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 友",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 知",
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        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:People"
      ],
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        "intimate friend; bosom friend"
      ],
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          "intimate",
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        ],
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          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
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          "bosom",
          "bosom"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ti-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжию"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžiju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ti-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ti-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "di'iuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ti⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒuhǎo",
      "word": "友好"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tóngpáo",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "同袍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhíyǒu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "執友"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhíyǒu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "执友"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǎoyǒu",
      "word": "好友"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngzhī",
      "word": "相知"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhījiāo",
      "word": "知交"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhījǐ",
      "word": "知己"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīxīn",
      "word": "知心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīxīn péngyou",
      "word": "知心朋友"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīyán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "知言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīyù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "知遇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhīyīn",
      "word": "知音"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liángpéng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "良朋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "liángzhī",
      "word": "良知"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gāopéng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "高朋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ci3 nen2",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "齒輪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ci3 nen2",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "齿轮"
    }
  ],
  "word": "知友"
}

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