# 書友
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu$^1$ jau$^{5-2}$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): syu$^{1-0}$ jaau$^{5-2}$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆-iēu
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^1$ jau$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: syū yáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^1$ jau$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^1$ yeo$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³⁻³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: syu$^{1-0}$ jaau$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /syu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ zau¹³⁻³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆-iēu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ieu³³/

### Noun

書友
* (Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Sanxiang Min, Southern Pinghua, chiefly dated) schoolmate; classmate
** 1947, 楊工良, director, 新白金龍 [The New White Golden Dragon]‎, spoken by 張晋華 (林坤山):
       sik$^6$ caan$^1$ faan$^6$ jau$^6$ dim$^2$ gong$^2$ dak$^1$ daa$^2$ gaau$^2$ ne$^1$? do$^1$ nin$^4$ syu$^1$ jau$^{5-2}$. [Jyutping]
       How would it count as a bother to have a meal? We've been classmates for so many years.
* (Eastern Min) friend with which one studies together

#### 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)
* 齋友 / 斋友 (că̤-iēu) (Eastern Min, 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 | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 書友 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 書友, 同學 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 書友 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 書友 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 書友, 同學 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 同學 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 同學 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 同學 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 同學 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 同學 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 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 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 同學, 學友 dated |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 同學, 學友 dated |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 同學 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 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 |