老盆友

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
trad. (老盆友)		老	盆友
simp. #(老盆友)		老	盆友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎopényǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎopényǒu → lǎopényou (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄣˊ ㄧㄡˇ → ㄌㄠˇ ㄆㄣˊ ˙ㄧㄡ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎopényo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-pʻên²-yu⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-pén-you
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laopern.yeou
    • Palladius: лаопэнью (laopɛnʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰən³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰən³⁵ joʊ̯³/

Noun

老盆友

1. (neologism, Internet slang, humorous, cute-sounding) Alternative form of 老朋友 (“old friend”)

Synonyms

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• 故交 (gùjiāo) (literary)
• 故人 (gùrén) (literary)
• 故友 (gùyǒu)
• 故知 (gùzhī) (literary)
• 故舊 / 故旧 (gùjiù) (literary)
• 老友 (lǎoyǒu)
• 老朋 (Cantonese)
• 老朋友
• 老相識 / 老相识 (lǎoxiāngshí)
• 舊交 / 旧交 (jiùjiāo)
• 舊友 / 旧友 (jiùyǒu)
• 舊故 / 旧故 (jiùgù) (literary)
• 舊知 / 旧知 (jiùzhī) (literary)