朋友
bèng-īu1.friend
2.(euphemism) boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
3.(archaic) large number of retainers
4.(archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): en.wiktionary.org/wiki/朋友. Mandarin: péngyou,péngyǒu,1nb=standard in Mainland,2nb=standard in Taiwan.
Related words
- 好朋友hō̤-bèng-īu
好朋友 hō̤-bèng-īu
good friend; best friend
- 書友cṳ̆-iēu
書友 cṳ̆-iēu
friend with which one studies together
- 齋友că̤-iēu
齋友 că̤-iēu
- 1. (Northern Min) friend with which one abstains from meat and prays to Buddha together
- 2. (dated) schoolmate; classmate