好朋友

Chinese

		good; well; be fond of	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
trad. (好朋友)		好	朋友
simp. #(好朋友)		好	朋友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎopéngyou, hǎopéngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou² pang⁴ jau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hó-phèn-yû
• Eastern Min (BUC): hō̤-bèng-īu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó-pêng-iú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵hau-ban-yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎopéngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎopéngyo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-pʻêng²-yu⁵
    • Yale: hǎu-péng-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoperng.iou
    • Palladius: хаопэнъю (xaopɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎopéngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎopéngyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hao³-pʻêng²-yu³
    • Yale: hǎu-péng-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haoperngyeou
    • Palladius: хаопэнъю (xaopɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou² pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: hóu pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou² pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou² peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³⁵ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-phèn-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ pen^ˇ iu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ pen² yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hó-phèn-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˋ pen^ˇ (r)iu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho³ pen² yiu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ho³¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hō̤-bèng-īu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho³³⁻³⁵ ^(p-)βɛiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋieu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó-pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: hó-pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoy'peng'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵hau-ban-yeu
    • MiniDict: hau^去 ban yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hau-ban-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hɔ³³ bã⁵⁵ ɦiɤ²¹/

Noun

好朋友

1. good friend; best friend

   ……因為豬同鴨係好朋友 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   ……因为猪同鸭系好朋友 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   ...... jan¹ wai⁶ zyu¹ tung⁴ aap³ hai⁶ hou² pang⁴ jau⁵ [Jyutping]

   ... because pig and duck are good friends

2. (chiefly Taiwan, euphemistic, slang) monthly friend; menstruation; period

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事, 潮信 euphemistic
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Singapore	月經, 大姨媽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	月經, 例假
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	經脈兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	月經, 身上
	Xining	例假
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	好事
	Dagudi (Maliba)	月經, 姊妹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	大姨媽
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	月經, 大姨媽
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	月經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	月期
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Southern Min	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Kaohsiung	月經
	Yilan	月經
	Changhua (Lukang)	月經
	Taichung	月事
	Taichung (Wuqi)	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個
	Taitung	月經
	Hsinchu	月經
	Penghu (Magong)	月經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	月經
	Manila (Hokkien)	月經
	Jieyang	老馬
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家
	Wenzhou	身上來