"男友" meaning in Chinese

See 男友 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nän³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /naːm²¹ jɐu̯¹³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /nän³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /naːm²¹ jɐu̯¹³/ Chinese transliterations: nányǒu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], naam⁴ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Jyutping], nányǒu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], nányǒu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], nan²-yu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], nán-yǒu [Mandarin, Yale], nanyeou [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], нанью [Mandarin, Palladius], nanʹju [Mandarin, Palladius], nàahm yáuh [Cantonese, Yale], naam⁴ jau⁵ [Cantonese, Pinyin], nam⁴ yeo⁵ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 男友
  1. boyfriend Categories (topical): Love, Male people Related terms: 女友 (nǚyǒu)
    Sense id: en-男友-zh-noun--jGrlHqQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 男朋友 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 男友 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 男朋友 [Taiwan], 男友 [Taiwan], 男朋友 [Singapore], 男朋友 [Jilu-Mandarin, Jinan], 男朋友 [Ürümqi], 蓋蓋兒 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 蓋蓋 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Chengdu], 男朋友 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Nanjing], 男朋友 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 男朋友 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 男友 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 男仔 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 芒啟 [Cantonese, Dongguan], 男朋友 [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 男朋友 [Hakka, Meixian], 男仔 [Hakka, Huizhou], 男朋友 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 男朋友 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 男朋友 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 男朋友 [Hakka, Taichung], 男朋友 [Hakka, Yunlin], 男朋友 [Xiamen], 男朋友, 丈夫朋友 [Hokkien, Penang], 丈夫朋友 [Hokkien, Singapore], 男朋友 [Hokkien, Manila], 丈夫朋友 [Hokkien, Manila], 男朋友 [Jieyang], 丈夫朋友 [Singapore, Teochew], 男朋友 [Wu, Shanghai], 男朋友 [Wu, Chongming, Shanghai], Taiwan, Singapore, Jinan, Ürümqi, Chengdu, 蓋蓋兒, 蓋蓋, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, , 男仔, Dongguan, 芒啟, Singapore [Guangfu], Meixian, Huizhou (alt: Huicheng; Bendihua), Miaoli (alt: N. Sixian), Pingtung (alt: Neipu; S. Sixian), Hsinchu County [Hailu, Zhudong], Taichung [Dabu, Dongshi], Hsinchu County [Qionglin, Raoping], Yunlin [Lunbei, Zhao'an], Xiamen, Shishi, Penang [Hokkien], 丈夫朋友, Singapore [Hokkien], Manila [Hokkien], Jieyang, Singapore [Teochew], Shanghai, Shanghai [Chongming]
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          "word": "蓋蓋兒"
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          "word": "蓋蓋"
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          "word": "仔"
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            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
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          "word": "男朋友"
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          "word": "男朋友"
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        },
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            "Xiamen"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "男朋友"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Penang"
          ],
          "word": "丈夫朋友"
        },
        {
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            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
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          "word": "丈夫朋友"
        },
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            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
          ],
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            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
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          "word": "丈夫朋友"
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            "Jieyang"
          ],
          "word": "男朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
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          "word": "丈夫朋友"
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            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "男朋友"
        },
        {
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            "Wu",
            "Chongming",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jinan"
        },
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          "word": "Ürümqi"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "word": "蓋蓋"
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        {
          "word": "Nanjing"
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        {
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        {
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            "Guangfu"
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          "word": "Singapore"
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          "word": "Miaoli"
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            "Hailu",
            "Zhudong"
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            "Dabu",
            "Dongshi"
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            "Qionglin",
            "Raoping"
          ],
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            "Lunbei",
            "Zhao'an"
          ],
          "word": "Yunlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Xiamen"
        },
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          "word": "Shishi"
        },
        {
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            "Hokkien"
          ],
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        },
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          "word": "丈夫朋友"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "Manila"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jieyang"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "Singapore"
        },
        {
          "word": "Shanghai"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Chongming"
          ],
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        }
      ]
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "nányǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ jau⁵"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nányǒu"
    },
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "nányǒu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "nan²-yu³"
    },
    {
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "nán-yǒu"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "нанью"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nanʹju"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nàahm yáuh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "naam⁴ jau⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "nam⁴ yeo⁵"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nän³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/naːm²¹ jɐu̯¹³/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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    {
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      "word": "男朋友"
    },
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        "Jinan"
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      "word": "男朋友"
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      "word": "蓋蓋兒"
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        "Hong-Kong"
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
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      "word": "仔"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "男仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Dongguan"
      ],
      "word": "芒啟"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
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        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Huizhou"
      ],
      "word": "男仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ],
      "word": "丈夫朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "丈夫朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "丈夫朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "丈夫朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Chongming",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "男朋友"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jinan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ürümqi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chengdu"
    },
    {
      "word": "蓋蓋兒"
    },
    {
      "word": "蓋蓋"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nanjing"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guangzhou"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "word": "仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "男仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dongguan"
    },
    {
      "word": "芒啟"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Meixian"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Huicheng; Bendihua",
      "word": "Huizhou"
    },
    {
      "alt": "N. Sixian",
      "word": "Miaoli"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Neipu; S. Sixian",
      "word": "Pingtung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Dabu",
        "Dongshi"
      ],
      "word": "Taichung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Qionglin",
        "Raoping"
      ],
      "word": "Hsinchu County"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lunbei",
        "Zhao'an"
      ],
      "word": "Yunlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shishi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Penang"
    },
    {
      "word": "丈夫朋友"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "Manila"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jieyang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "word": "Shanghai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chongming"
      ],
      "word": "Shanghai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "男友"
}

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