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Chinese
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dear; intimate; parent dear; intimate; parent; relation; closely related; parents-in-law of one's offspring |
friend
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| trad. (親友)
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親
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友
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| simp. (亲友)
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亲
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友
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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親
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友
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qīn
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yǒu
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tshin ›
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‹ hjuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*i/
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/*ʷəʔ/
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| English
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close; parents
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friend
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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親
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友
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| Reading #
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1/2
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1/1
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| No.
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13804
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15596
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Phonetic
component
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辛
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又
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Rime
group
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眞
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之
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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親
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有
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰin/
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/*ɢʷɯʔ/
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| Notes
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說文親（同榛）聲
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Noun
親友
- (collective) friends and relatives
- (Classical) close friend
Synonyms
- (friends and relatives): 親朋／亲朋 (qīnpéng)
Descendants
Verb
親⫽友 (verb-object)
- (Classical) to get close to
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
親友 • (shin'yū)
- close friend, bosom buddy
1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “テレパ椎”, in カンビュセスの籤 (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第二章, page 386:おれたちや親友だな！そうだな
そうだ そうだ- Ore-tachi ya shin’yū da na! Sō da na
Sō da Sō da - We are bosom buddies! Yes, we are.
Yes, we are. Yes, we are.
- crony, chum
References
Korean
Noun
親友 • (chinu) (hangeul 친우)
- hanja form? of 친우 (“friend; best friend”)
Vietnamese
Noun
親友
- chữ Hán form of thân hữu (“relative; friends”).