友愛

See also: 友爱

Chinese

		friend	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (友愛)		友	愛
simp. (友爱)		友	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ oi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-oi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-ài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒu'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒu-ài
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-ai⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouay
    • Palladius: ю’ай (ju’aj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ oi³
    • Yale: yáuh oi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ oi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ oi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ ɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-oi
    • Hakka Romanization System: iu´ oi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ oi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-oi
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ oi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ oi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-ài
    • Tâi-lô: iú-ài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iwaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/

Adjective

友愛

1. loving; affectionate (between good friends or siblings)

Synonyms

• 友好 (yǒuhǎo)

Proper noun

友愛

1. (～村) You'ai (a village in Zhashan, Caidian district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
友	愛
ゆう Grade: 2	あい Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうあい [yùúáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːa̠i]

Noun

友(ゆう)愛(あい) • (yūai) 

1. affection, friendship, brotherhood, fraternity, friendly love, fraternal love
2. Greek φιλία (filía) in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Derived terms

• 友愛数(ゆうあいすう) (yūaisū)