"朋友" meaning in Japanese

See 朋友 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ho̞ːjɯ̟ᵝː] Forms: 朋友 [canonical] (ruby: (ほう), (ゆう)), hōyū [romanization], fouiu [romanization], ほういう [hiragana, historical], ぼうゆう [alternative, hiragana], bōyū [Rōmaji], ぼういう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /hoː iu/ → /hoːjiu/ → /hoːjuː/ From Middle Chinese compound 朋友 (MC bong hjuwX). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほうゆう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|朋友}} 朋友 (MC bong hjuwX) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほうゆう|hhira=ほういう}} 朋(ほう)友(ゆう) • (hōyū) ^(←ほういう (fouiu)?)
  1. (uncommon) a friend Tags: uncommon Synonyms: 友達, 仲間, 友人 Derived forms: 知己朋友 (chiki hōyū) (ruby: 知己(ちき), 朋友(ほうゆう)) (english: acquaintance)
    Sense id: en-朋友-ja-noun-kI1BWxOE Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [põ̞ɰ̃jɯ̟ᵝː] Forms: 朋友 [canonical] (ruby: 朋友(ポンユー)), pon'yū [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowing from Mandarin 朋友 (péngyǒu). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|cmn|朋友|sort=ほんゆー|tr=péngyǒu}} Mandarin 朋友 (péngyǒu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ポンユー}} 朋友(ポンユー) • (pon'yū)
  1. (slang, dated) a friend Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-朋友-ja-noun-kI1BWxOE1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 38 62 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 朋友 meaning in Japanese (4.3kB)

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