友好

Chinese

		friend	good; well; be fond of
simp. and trad. (友好)		友	好
anagram		好友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒuhǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ hou²
Min Nan (POJ): iú-hó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒuhǎo [Phonetic: yóuhǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouhao
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ hou²
  - Yale: yáuh hóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ hou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ hou²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-hó
  - Tâi-lô: iú-hó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iw'hoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ho⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ho⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

友好

friendly; amicable
友好協商 / 友好协商 ― yǒuhǎo xiéshāng ― amicable consultation

Noun

友好

Derived terms

友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì)

Japanese

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

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 友好.

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) ゆうこー [yùúkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːko̞ː]

Noun

友好 (hiragana ゆうこう, rōmaji yūkō, historical hiragana いうかう)

friendship, amity

Synonyms

親 (しん)交 (こう) (shinkō)
親睦 (しんぼく) (shinboku)

Antonyms

敵対 (てきたい) (tekitai): hostility, antipathy

Derived terms

Derived terms

友好的 (ゆうこうてき) (yūkōteki): friendly, amicable
友好国 (ゆうこうこく) (yūkō koku): a friendly nation
友好条約 (ゆうこうじょうやく) (yūkō jōyaku): a friendship treaty, a treaty of amity

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- IPA^(key): [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi]

Proper noun

友好 (hiragana ともよし, rōmaji Tomoyoshi)

A male given name

References

Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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