友 (jau5 | you3) : friend; friendship

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友

jau5

you3

[1] [n] friend; companion; friendly; friendship [2] fraternity; fraternal love [3] [v] befriend

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 又 (#29)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

友

Don't confuse with:
反

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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小朋友 siu2 pang4 jau5 xiao3 peng2 you3 = children

朋友 pang4 jau5 peng2 you5 = friend

女朋友 neoi5 pang4 jau5 nv3 peng2 you3 = girlfriend

男朋友 naam4 pang4 jau5 nan2 peng2 you5 = boyfriend

老友 lou5 jau5 lao3 you3 = old friend, good friend

好友 hou2 jau5 hao3 you3 = a sidekick; a good friend

老朋友 lou5 pang4 jau5 lao3 peng2 you3 = old friend

做朋友 zou6 pang4 jau5 = to make friends

校友 haau6 jau5 xiao4 you3 = schoolmate; alumni; old boy

好朋友 hou2 pang4 jau5 hao3 peng2 you5 = a good friend
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Showing all 35 examples containing 友

我聽日同朋友出街呀。粵
I'm going out with my friends tomorrow.

你有冇男朋友呀? 粵
Do you have a boyfriend?

上星期日我同啲朋友一齊食晚飯。粵
Last Sunday, I had dinner with my friends together.

小明同小芳係好朋友。粵
Siu Ming and Siu Fong are good friends.

我介紹我男朋友畀你識粵
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]

你見過佢個女朋友未呀？粵
Have you seen his girlfriend before?

嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]

王先生是我爸爸的好朋友。國
Mr. Wong is a good friend of my father.

喺聖誕節，我哋會大宴親友粵
At Christmas we will have a big party.

有個波蘭朋友嚟咗探我。粵
A Polish friend has come to visit me.

佢喺個帳篷前面等緊朋友粵
He's in front of a tent, waiting for his friend.
[Lit. He at [counter] camping-tent front-face waiting friend]

你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎粵
You must be popular with the boys!
[Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]

有條友企喺張枱上便粵
There's a guy standing on the table.
[Lit. Have [counter] friend stand at table on-top. 條友 is an set expression for "guy".]

你要出賣你啲朋友粵
You need to sell out your friends.

點呀?又同女朋友嗌交咧? 粵
What's the matter? Bickering with your girlfriend again?

今日我同我女朋友掟煲粵
I broke up with my girlfriend today.

對得起朋友
be a true friend

我的朋友在一個中學打工。國
My friend has a part-time job at a high school.

唔食菜嘅小朋友唔准食甜品粵
Children who don't eat their vegetables aren't allowed to eat dessert.

點解佢冇女朋友？生得唔靚仔囉! 粵
Why doesn't he have a girlfriend? Because he's not handsome, of course!

阿媽同我女朋友傾到好投契粵
My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.

佢女朋友嘅腳好嫋粵
His girlfriend's legs are so slender.

這兒敗家子只會跟一班豬朋狗友吃喝嫖賭！國
The only thing this good-for-nothing son does is to go around with some bad company and engage in all kinds of vice activities.

佢為家庭朋友不怕忍辱負重粵
He is unafraid to go through humiliation for the sake of family and friends.

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me.

今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]

我而家同朋友HEA緊。粵
Right now, I'm hanging out with my friends.
["Hea-ing" can directly replace "hanging out."]

嗰條友真係好kai啊！粵
That guy is really nerdy!

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

條友仔掗掗拃拃噉，真係好鬼麻煩！粵
That over self-entitled person is really troublesome!

嗰條友剩係得個講字﹐唔使理佢。粵
That guy is just all talk and no action. Pay no attention to him.

琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts.
[Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]

我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂上面粵
I'm standing on the roof of my friend's house.
[Equivalently: 我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂度]

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

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