親友

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See also: 亲友

Chinese

dear; intimate; parent
dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring
 
 friend
trad. (親友) 親 友
simp. (亲友) 亲 友

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 親 友
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 云 (35)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 七人切 云久切
Baxter tshin hjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiɪn/ /ɦɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰin/ /ɦiuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰjen/ /ɣiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰin/ /ɦuwX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiĕn/ /ɣiuX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭĕn/ /ɣĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯ĕn/ /i̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qīn yǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		can1 jau5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 親 友
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qīn yǒu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshin › ‹ hjuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*i/ /*ʷəʔ/
English close; parents friend

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 親 友
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 13804 15596
Phonetic
component 		辛 又
Rime
group 		眞 之
Rime
subdivision 		2 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		親 有
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰin/ /*ɢʷɯʔ/
Notes 說文親（同榛）聲

Noun

親友

  1. (collective) friends and relatives
  2. (Classical) close friend

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (親友):

Verb

親⫽友 (verb-object)

  1. (Classical) to get close to

Japanese

Kanji in this term
親 友
しん
Grade: 2 		ゆう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

親(しん)友(ゆう) • (shin'yū) 

  1. close friend, bosom buddy
  2. crony, chum

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
親友

Noun

親友 • (chinu) (hangeul 친우)

  1. hanja form? of 친우 (“friend; best friend”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
親友

Noun

親友

  1. chữ Hán form of thân hữu (“relative; friends”).
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