Chinese Dialects : List with all references

Number: 77

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 友

MC description : 流開三上有云

ZIHUI: 0645 1618

Beijing: iou 2

Jinan: iou 2

Xi'an: iou 2

Taiyuan: iou 2

Hankou: iou 2

Chengdu: iǝu 2

Yangzhou: iôɨ 2

Suzhou: iöy 32

Wenzhou: ɦiau 22

Changsha: iôu 2

Shuangfeng: iû 2

Nanchang: iu 2

Meixian: jiu 2

Guangzhou: jau 22

Xiamen: iu 2

Chaozhou: iu 21

Fuzhou: ieu 2

Shanghai: iɨ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: iou 2

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Chinese characters :

Character: 友

Modern (Beijing) reading: yǒu

Preclassic Old Chinese: wǝʔ

Classic Old Chinese: wǝ́

Western Han Chinese: wǝ́

Eastern Han Chinese: wǝ́

Early Postclassic Chinese: wíw

Middle Postclassic Chinese: wǝ́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: wǝ́w

Middle Chinese: ɦǝ́w

English meaning : be friendly; friend; companion

Russian meaning[s]: 1) друг, товарищ, коллега; дружить; дружественный; 2) относиться по-братски; 3) помогать; помощь; 4) Ю (фамилия)

Shuowen gloss: 譚長說假如比.又同志為友.從二又相交.

Comments: Etymology see under 右 *wǝʔ. For *w cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou iu³.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 29

Four-angle index: 5970

Bijiang Bai: -jou3

Shijing occurrences: 1.3_, 34.4_

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