老友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	friend
trad. (老友)		老	友
simp. ^#(老友)		老	友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎoyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ jau⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoyǒu [Phonetic: láoyǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-yu³
  - Yale: lǎu-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoyeou
  - Palladius: лаою (laoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ jau⁵
  - Yale: lóuh yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ jɐu̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-iú
  - Tâi-lô: lāu-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lauxiuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁴¹⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau²²⁻²¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ iu⁴¹/

Noun

老友

old friend; old pal

Synonyms

以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
故人 (gùrén) (literary)
故友 (gùyǒu)
故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
故舊／故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
老朋 (Cantonese)
老朋友
老盆友 (lǎopényǒu) (neologism, Internet, slang, humorous, cute-sounding)
老相識／老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
舊交／旧交 (jiùjiāo)
舊友／旧友 (jiùyǒu)
舊故／旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
舊知／旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)

Derived terms

Adjective

老友

(Cantonese) in a deep friendship

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