"筆友" meaning in Chinese

See 筆友 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/, /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/, /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/, /pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/, /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/, /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: bǐyǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat¹ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pit-iú, bǐyǒu [Phonetic:bíyǒu] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bǐyǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pi³-yu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bǐ-yǒu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], biiyeou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], бию [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], biju [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bat¹ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], bāt yáuh [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], bat⁷ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], bed¹ yeo⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], pit-iú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], pit-iú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], pit'iuo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 笔友
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 筆友
  1. pen pal Synonyms: 信友 (seon3 jau5) [Cantonese]
    Sense id: en-筆友-zh-noun-gqmIYA76 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People, Writing
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "笔友",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "筆友",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Writing",
          "orig": "zh:Writing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pen pal"
      ],
      "id": "en-筆友-zh-noun-gqmIYA76",
      "links": [
        [
          "pen pal",
          "pen pal"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "seon3 jau5",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "信友"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pit-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐyǒu [Phonetic:bíyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biiyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бию"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yáuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yeo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pit-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pit-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pit'iuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: bíyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "筆友"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "笔友",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "筆友",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms with homophones",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 友",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 筆",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:People",
        "zh:Writing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pen pal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pen pal",
          "pen pal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "pit-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐyǒu [Phonetic:bíyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐyǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pi³-yu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bǐ-yǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biiyeou"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бию"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "biju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat¹ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bāt yáuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bat⁷ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bed¹ yeo⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pit-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pit-iú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pit'iuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: bíyǒu]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "seon3 jau5",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "信友"
    }
  ],
  "word": "筆友"
}

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