男友

See also: 𰣊

Chinese

		male	friend
simp. and trad. (男友)		男	友

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nányǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nányǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nányǒu
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-yu³
    • Yale: nán-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanyeou
    • Palladius: нанью (nanʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ jau⁵
    • Yale: nàahm yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jɐu̯¹³/

Noun

男友

1. boyfriend

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 男朋友 (“boyfriend”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男朋友, 男友
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	男朋友, 男友
	Singapore	男朋友
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	男朋友
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	男朋友
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓋蓋兒, 蓋蓋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	男朋友
Cantonese	Guangzhou	男朋友
	Hong Kong	男朋友, 男友, 仔, 男仔
	Dongguan	芒啟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	男朋友
Hakka	Meixian	男朋友
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	男仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	男朋友
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	男朋友
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	男朋友
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	男朋友
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	男朋友
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	男朋友
Southern Min	Xiamen	男朋友
	Shishi	男朋友
	Penang (Hokkien)	丈夫朋友
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈夫朋友
	Manila (Hokkien)	男朋友, 丈夫朋友
	Jieyang	男朋友
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈夫朋友
Wu	Shanghai	男朋友
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男朋友

See also

• 女友 (nǚyǒu)