盟友

Chinese

		oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally	friend
simp. and trad. (盟友)		盟	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ jau⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-iú
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶men-yeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méngyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-yu³
    • Yale: méng-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengyeou
    • Palladius: мэнъю (mɛnʺju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: màhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: beng'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶men-yeu
    • MiniDict: men^去 yeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³men-hhieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mən²² ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Noun

盟友

1. ally (state or person)

See also

• 盟國／盟国 (méngguó)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盟	友
めい Grade: 6	ゆう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) めーゆう [mèéyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːjɯ̟ː]

• Homophone: 名優

Noun

盟(めい)友(ゆう) • (meiyū) ^{←めいいう (meiiu)?}

1. an ally
   • 2016 July 22, “巡(じゅん)礼(れい)者(しゃ)の守(しゅ)護(ご)霊(れい) [Guardian Geist of Pilgrims]”, in 異界月 [Eldritch Moon], Wizards of the Coast:

     エムラクールが引(ひ)き起(お)こす物(ぶっ)質(しつ)の歪(ゆず)みに耐(たい)性(せい)があるため、霊(たま)たちは人(じん)類(るい)の重(じゅう)要(よう)な盟(めい)友(ゆう)とされている。

     Emurakūru ga hikiokosu busshitsu no yuzumi ni taisei ga aru tame, tama-tachi wa jinrui no jūyō na meiyū to sareteiru.

     Immune to the physical warping caused by Emrakul, geists proved to be some of humanity’s most important allies.