老友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend
trad. (老友)		老	友
simp. #(老友)		老	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyǒu [Phonetic: láoyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-yu³
    • Yale: lǎu-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyeou
    • Palladius: лаою (laoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁵
    • Yale: lóuh yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iú
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ iu⁴¹/

Noun

老友

1. old friend; old pal

Synonyms

• 以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 故舊／故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
• 老朋 (Cantonese)
• 老朋友
• 老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
• 老相識／老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
• 舊交／旧交 (jiùjiāo)
• 舊友／旧友 (jiùyǒu)
• 舊故／旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
• 舊知／旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 老友記／老友记
• 老友鬼鬼

 

Adjective

老友

1. (Cantonese) in a deep friendship