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友善

友善

Chinese

		friend	good
simp. and trad. (友善)		友	善

Adjective

友善

amiable; friendly

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yǒushàn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ sin⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yû-san
Min Nan (POJ): iú-siān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǒushàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushann
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ sin⁶
  - Yale: yáuh sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ sin⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ siːn²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-san
  - Hakka Romanization System: iu´ san
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ san⁴
  - IPA: /i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yû-san
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu´ san
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yiu¹ san⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-siān
  - Tâi-lô: iú-siān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iwsien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn³³/