筆友

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See also: 笔友

Chinese

		pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters	friend
trad. (筆友)		筆	友
simp. (笔友)		笔	友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jau⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pit-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: pi³-yu³
  - Yale: bǐ-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biiyeou
  - Palladius: бию (biju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jau⁵
  - Yale: bāt yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    不有
    筆友／笔友
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pit-iú
  - Tâi-lô: pit-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pit'iuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pit̚⁵⁻²⁴ iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚³²⁻⁵ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pit̚³²⁻⁴ iu⁴¹/

Noun

筆友

pen pal

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 信友 (seon3 jau5)

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