故友

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	friend
simp. and trad. (故友)		故	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-yu³
    • Yale: gù-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhyeou
    • Palladius: гую (guju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 固友 固有 故友 故有

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu³ jau⁵
    • Yale: gu yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ jɐu̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 固有 故友

Noun

故友

1. old friend
2. deceased friend; late friend

Synonyms

• (old friend):

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• 以前的朋友 (yǐqián de péngyou)
• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 故舊／故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
• 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (故友):

• → Japanese: 故(こ)友(ゆう) (koyū)
• → Korean: 고우(故友) (gou)