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

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

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)^?}

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.