親友 in Chinese / Japanese...

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qīn yǒu

shin yuu

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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.”

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 親友 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 / Buddies friends and relatives close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum; (given name) Chikatomo An intimate friend.
善親友善亲友 see styles	shàn qīn yǒu shan4 qin1 you3 shan ch`in yu shan chin yu zen shinyū	善親友 Custom Scroll good friend
大親友 see styles	daishinyuu / daishinyu だいしんゆう	大親友 Custom Scroll best friend; very close friend
破壞親友破坏亲友 see styles	pò huài qīn yǒu po4 huai4 qin1 you3 p`o huai ch`in yu po huai chin yu hae shinyū	破壞親友 Custom Scroll rupture of friendship

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
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.