女朋友

Chinese

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

Etymology

Most likely a calque of English girlfriend.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚpéngyou, nǚpéngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nui² pang³ yiu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ńg-phèn-yû

(Hailu, HRS): ng^ˊ pen rhiu^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dy³ beng² iu³ / ly³ beng² iu³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lú-pêng-iú

(Teochew, Peng'im): neng² pêng⁵ iu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniu-ban-yeu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚpéngyou
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔpéngyo̊u
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-pʻêng²-yu⁵
  - Yale: nyǔ-péng-you
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuperng.iou
  - Palladius: нюйпэнъю (njujpɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚpéngyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔpéngyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: nü³-pʻêng²-yu³
  - Yale: nyǔ-péng-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neuperngyeou
  - Palladius: нюйпэнъю (njujpɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Yale: néuih pàhng yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ peng⁴ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nui² pang³ yiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdui⁵⁵ pʰaŋ²² jiu²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ pen^ˇ iu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ pen² yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ pen^ˇ (r)iu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ pen² yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˊ pen rhiu^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ²⁴⁻³³ pʰen⁵⁵ ʒiu⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dy³ beng² iu³ [Phonetic: dy² eng⁵ ngiu³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dṳ̂-béng-iû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(p-)ɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ly³ beng² iu³ [Phonetic: ly¹ weng⁵ ngiu³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(p-)βɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiu³³²/
Southern Min
- (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
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniu-ban-yeu
  - MiniDict: nyu^去 ban yeu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy-ban-hhieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² bã⁵⁵ ɦiɤ²¹/

Noun

女朋友

girlfriend (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
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 me being overweight.

做我的女朋友啦乎！ [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
Chò góa ê lú-pêng-iú--lah--ho͘hⁿ! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Be my girlfriend!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女朋友 (“girlfriend”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女朋友, 女友
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	女朋友
	Taiwan	女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory
	Singapore	女朋友
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	女朋友
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	𧊅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	女朋友, 攀西
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女朋友, 女
	Hong Kong	女朋友, 女友, 女, 女女, 菜 derogatory
	Taishan	女朋友, 女
	Dongguan	皮油
	Singapore (Guangfu)	女朋友
Hakka	Meixian	女朋友
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	妹子朋友, 女朋友
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	女朋友
Southern Min	Xiamen	女朋友
	Shishi	女朋友
	Taipei	姼仔 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	查某朋友
	Singapore (Hokkien)	查某朋友
	Manila (Hokkien)	好的, 相好, 女朋友, 查某朋友
	Chaozhou	女朋友
	Haifeng	女朋友
	Singapore (Teochew)	查某朋友
	Leizhou	女朋友
	Singapore (Hainanese)	女朋友
Wu	Shanghai	女朋友
	Suzhou	女朋友
	Hangzhou	女朋友
	Ningbo	女朋友
	Zhoushan	女朋友
Xiang	Changsha	妹子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

(slang) 女盆友 (nǚpényǒu), 女票 (nǚpiào)

Coordinate terms

男朋友 (nánpéngyou)