偽友

See also: 伪友

Chinese

		false; fake; forged false; fake; forged; bogus	friend
trad. (偽友/僞友)		偽/僞	友
simp. (伪友)		伪	友

Etymology

Calque of English false friend, in turn a calque of French faux-ami.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěiyǒu, wèiyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄡˇ, ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěiyǒu [Phonetic: wéiyǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěiyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-yu³
  - Yale: wěi-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeiyeou
  - Palladius: вэйю (vɛjju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèiyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèiyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-yu³
  - Yale: wèi-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyyeou
  - Palladius: вэйю (vɛjju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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Noun

偽友

(linguistics, translation studies, lexicography) false friend; faux ami

Synonyms

假等義／假等义 (jiǎděngyì)
假朋友 (jiǎpéngyou)
假友 (jiǎyǒu)

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