女朋友

女朋友

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (女朋友)		女	朋友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǚpéngyou, nǚpéngyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-phèn-yû
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): lú-pêng-iú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): neng² pêng⁵ iu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǚpéngyou
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuperng.iou
    • IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǚpéngyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuperngyeou
    • IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: néuih pàhng yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ peng⁴ yeo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-phèn-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng` penˇ iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng<sup>3</sup> pen<sup>2</sup> yiu<sup>1</sup>
    • IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-phèn-yû
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng` penˇ (r)iu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ pen² yiu¹
    • IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: lú-pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lw'peng'iuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: neng² pêng⁵ iu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng phêng iú
    • IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iu⁵²/

Noun

女朋友

1. girlfriend

   我女朋友嫌棄我胖。 [MSC, trad.]
   我女朋友嫌弃我胖。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ nǚpéngyou xiánqì wǒ pàng. [Pinyin]

   My girlfriend doesn't like my being overweight.

Synonyms

• 女友 (nǚyǒu)
• (slang) 女盆友 (nǚpényǒu)
• (Taiwan) 馬子／马子 (mǎzi)

See also

• 男朋友 (nánpéngyou)