# 友好
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǒuhǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^5$ hou$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iú-hó
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^2$ ho$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu-hau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuhǎo [Phonetic: yóuhǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuhǎo
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^3$-hao$^3$
*** Yale: yǒu-hǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouhao
*** Palladius: юхао (juxao)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^5$ hou$^2$
*** Yale: yáuh hóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^5$ hou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^5$ hou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯¹³ hou̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^2$ ho$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iú hó
*** Sinological IPA : /iu⁵²⁻³⁵ ho⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu-hau
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$ hau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu-hau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² hɔ⁴⁴/

### Adjective

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

#### Synonyms

* 友愛／友爱 (yǒu'ài)

### Noun

友好
* close friend
* friendship

#### Synonyms

* (close friend):
* 同袍 (tóngpáo) (literary)
* 執友 / 执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
* 好友 (hǎoyǒu)
* 相知 (xiāngzhī)
* 知交 (zhījiāo)
* 知友 (zhīyǒu)
* 知己 (zhījǐ)
* 知心 (zhīxīn)
* 知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
* 知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
* 知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
* 知音 (zhīyīn)
* 良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
* 良知 (liángzhī)
* 高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
* 齒輪 / 齿轮 (ci$^3$ nen$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* (friendship):
* 交情 (jiāoqíng)
* 友情 (yǒuqíng)
* 友誼 / 友谊 (yǒuyì)
* 寸心 (cùnxīn) (literary)
* 心意 (xīnyì)
* 恩意 (ēnyì) (literary)
* 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
* 情愛 / 情爱 (qíng'ài)
* 情意 (qíngyì)
* 情義 / 情义 (qíngyì)
* 情誼 / 情谊 (qíngyì)
* 意思

### Derived terms

* 友好城市 (yǒuhǎo chéngshì)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 友 | 好 |
| ゆう Grade: 2 | こう Grade: 4 |
| kan'on | on'yomi |
Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 友好 (yǒuhǎo). First cited to a text from 1900.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ゆうこー [yùúkóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [jɯ̟ːko̞ː]

#### Noun

友(ゆう)好(こう) • (yūkō)
* [from 1900] friendship, amity
    Synonyms: 親交 (shinkō), 親睦 (shinboku)
    Antonym: 敵対 (tekitai, “hostility, antipathy”)

##### 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

Kanji in this term :
| 友 | 好 |
| とも Grade: 2 | よし Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | nanori |
Compound of 友 (tomo, “friend”) +‎ 好 (yoshi, “good”). The 好 kanji used for the yoshi reading is an example of jukujikun.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [to̞mo̞jo̞ɕi]

#### Proper noun

友(とも)好(よし) • (Tomoyoshi)
* a male given name

### References

* ↑ “友好”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN