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(slang) close friend · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 麻吉; on the Mainland it is 好友 - both point at “(slang) close friend”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 麻吉、好友 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
好友 is HSK 4 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 麻吉 | 好友 |
| Reading | ㄇㄚˊ ㄐㄧˊ má jí | hǎo yǒu ㄏㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ |
| Senses | (slang) close friend | close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 麻吉 · 好友 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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