# 齋友
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Northern Min (KCR): cái-iǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): că̤-iēu
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cái-iǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sai⁵⁴ iu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: că̤-iēu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ieu³³/

### Noun

齋友
* (Northern Min) friend with which one abstains from meat and prays to Buddha together
* (Eastern Min, dated) schoolmate; classmate

#### Synonyms

* (schoolmate):
* 冊友／册友 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 同學／同学 (tóngxué)
* 同硯／同砚 (tóngyàn) (literary)
* 同社 (tóngshè) (literary)
* 同窗 (tóngchuāng)
* 學友／学友 (xuéyǒu)
* 窗友 (coeng$^1$ jau$^{4-2}$) (Cantonese, dated)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 同學, 同窗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 同學 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 同學, 同學的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 同學 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 同學, 同窗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 同學, 同窗 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 同學 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 同學 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 同學 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 同學, 同窗 dated, 書友 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 同學, 書友 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 同學, 書友 dated |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 書友, 同學 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 同學 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 同學 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 同學 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 同學 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 同學 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 同學 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 同學 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 同學 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 同學 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 同學 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 同學, 齋友 dated |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 齋友, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 同學, 學生伴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 同學 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 同窗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 同窗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 同窗 dated |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 同學 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 同學 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 書友 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 同學, 書友 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai | 同學, 同窗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 同學 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 同學 |
| Wu | Danyang | 同學 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 同學 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 同學 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 同學 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 同學 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 同學 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 同學 |