友好

Chinese

friend good; well; be fond of
trad. (友好)
simp. #(友好)
anagram 好友

Pronunciation


Adjective

友好

  1. friendly; amicable
    友好協商友好协商   yǒuhǎo xiéshāng   amicable consultation

Synonyms

Noun

友好

  1. close friend
  2. friendship

Synonyms

  • (close friend):
  • (friendship):

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ゆう
Grade: 2
こう
Grade: 4
kan’on on’yomi

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo). First cited to a text from 1900.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ゆう)(こう) • (yūkō) いうかう (iukau)?

  1. [from 1900] friendship, amity
    Synonyms: 親交 (shinkō), 親睦 (shinboku)
    Antonym: 敵対 (tekitai, hostility, antipathy)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とも
Grade: 2
よし
Grade: 4
kun’yomi nanori

Compound of (tomo, friend) + (yoshi, good). The kanji used for the yoshi reading is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

(とも)(よし) • (Tomoyoshi) 

  1. a male given name

References

  1. 友好”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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