Chinese Word Entry

親朋好友

Simplified Chinese form: 亲朋好友

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄆㄥˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): qīn péng hǎo yǒu
Cantonese (Jyutping): can1 pang4 hou2 jau5
Definitions:
  1. friends and family

  2. kith and kin


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Chinese characters used in this word

parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards), relatives, parents, intimate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄧㄣ (qīn), ㄑㄧㄥˋ (qìng)
Cantonese: can1
Japanese: シン (shin) / おや (oya)、 おや- (oya-)、 した.しい (shitashii)、 した.しむ (shitashimu)、 みずから (mizukara)
Korean: 친 (chin)
Vietnamese: thân, thấn
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

companion, friend, pal, acquaintance
Readings
Mandarin: ㄆㄥˊ (péng)
Cantonese: pang4
Japanese: ホウ (hou) / とも (tomo)
Korean: 붕 (bung)
Vietnamese: bằng

fond, pleasing, like something, good, excellent, fine, well
Readings
Mandarin: ㄏㄠˇ (hǎo), ㄏㄠˋ (hào)
Cantonese: hou2
Japanese: コウ (kou) / この.む (konomu)、 す.く (suku)、 よ.い (yoi)、 い.い (ii)
Korean: 호 (ho)
Vietnamese: hảo, hiếu, háo

friend, companion, fraternity
Readings
Mandarin: ㄧㄡˇ (yǒu)
Cantonese: jau5
Japanese: ユウ (yuu) / とも (tomo)
Korean: 우 (u)
Vietnamese: hữu