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親友 is the Japanese way to say “best friend.”
The first character can mean “relative” or sometimes “parents.” The second character means “friend.” Think about the close relationship that Japanese people have with their parents and relatives, and this starts to mean “close friends.”
Some Japanese-English dictionaries also translate this as “bosom friend,” “old friend,” “intimate friend,” “buddy,” “crony” or “chum.”
Note that in Chinese, this means “relatives and friends.” It's a good meaning in Chinese, but it's not quite the same as “best friends.”
These search terms might be related to Buddy:
Best Friends / Closest Friend
Christian Friend
Friend
Friend / Friendship
Mentor: Teacher and Friend
Most Sincere Friend / Honest Friend / Real Friend / Best Friend
Sworn Friend / Ally
True Friend
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your buddy search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
親友 亲友 see styles |
qīn yǒu qin1 you3 ch`in yu chin yu shinyuu / shinyu しんゆう |
More info & calligraphy: Best Friends / Buddiesclose friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum; (given name) Chikatomo An intimate friend. |
仲好 see styles |
nakayoshi なかよし |
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun or adjectival noun) intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum |
悪友 see styles |
akuyuu / akuyu あくゆう |
(1) (See 良友) undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; bad influence; (2) partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy |
戦友 see styles |
senyuu / senyu せんゆう |
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier |
炮友 see styles |
pào yǒu pao4 you3 p`ao yu pao yu |
fuck buddy; friend with benefits |
球友 see styles |
qiú yǒu qiu2 you3 ch`iu yu chiu yu |
(ball game) enthusiast (player); golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc) |
老兄 see styles |
lǎo xiōng lao3 xiong1 lao hsiung |
elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy |
酒伴 see styles |
jiǔ bàn jiu3 ban4 chiu pan |
drinking buddy |
酒友 see styles |
jiǔ yǒu jiu3 you3 chiu yu |
drinking buddy |
野郎 see styles |
yarou / yaro やろう |
(1) guy; fellow; chap; buddy; (n,pn) (2) (masculine speech) (derogatory term) (slang) bastard; asshole; arsehole; son of a bitch |
驢友 驴友 see styles |
lǘ yǒu lu:2 you3 lü yu |
backpacker; travel buddy |
ジム友 see styles |
jimutomo ジムとも |
gym friend; gym buddy |
セフレ see styles |
sefure セフレ |
(abbreviation) friend with benefits; fuck-buddy; sex friend; someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway; (place-name) Saffle |
だち公 see styles |
dachikou / dachiko だちこう |
(slang) buddy; friend |
やり友 see styles |
yaritomo やりとも |
(vulgar) (slang) fuck buddy |
仲よし see styles |
nakayoshi なかよし |
(noun or adjectival noun) intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum |
仲好し see styles |
nakayoshi なかよし |
(noun or adjectival noun) intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum |
仲良し see styles |
nakayoshi なかよし |
(noun or adjectival noun) intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum |
兄さん see styles |
niisan(p); anisan / nisan(p); anisan にいさん(P); あにさん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See お兄さん・1) older brother; elder brother; (2) brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); (3) (familiar language) (usu. vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie |
兄弟分 see styles |
kyoudaibun / kyodaibun きょうだいぶん |
sworn brother; buddy; pal |
大統領 see styles |
daitouryou / daitoryo だいとうりょう |
(1) president (of a country); (2) (familiar language) (used vocatively; esp. of an actor) big man; boss; buddy; mate |
お兄さん see styles |
oniisan / onisan おにいさん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) older brother; elder brother; (2) (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie |
セクフレ see styles |
sekufure セクフレ |
(abbreviation) friend with benefits; fuck-buddy; sex friend; someone with whom one is not romantically involved but frequently has sexual relations with anyway |
だちとも see styles |
dachitomo だちとも |
(slang) (See 友達・ともだち) friend; buddy |
ともろく see styles |
tomoroku ともろく |
(abbreviation) (slang) Internet friend or buddy list |
バディー see styles |
badii / badi バディー |
(1) buddy; (2) body |
マイメン see styles |
maimen マイメン |
(slang) close friend (eng: my man); beloved family; person one respects; bro; sis; buddy |
御兄さん see styles |
oniisan / onisan おにいさん |
(1) (honorific or respectful language) older brother; elder brother; (2) (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie |
酒肉朋友 see styles |
jiǔ ròu péng you jiu3 rou4 peng2 you5 chiu jou p`eng yu chiu jou peng yu |
lit. drinking buddy (idiom); fig. fair-weather friend |
茶飲み友達 see styles |
chanomitomodachi ちゃのみともだち |
(1) tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; (2) spouse married late in life for companionship |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Buddy | バヂ | badi | ||
Buddy | 布迪 | bù dí / bu4 di2 / bu di / budi | pu ti / puti | |
Best Friends Buddies | 親友 亲友 | shin yuu / shinyuu / shin yu | qīn yǒu / qin1 you3 / qin you / qinyou | ch`in yu / chinyu / chin yu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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