男朋友

Chinese

		male	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
simp. and trad. (男朋友)		男	朋友

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánpéngyou, nánpéngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): nàm-phèn-yû

(Hailu, HRS): nam pen rhiu^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang² beng² iu³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lâm-pêng-iú

(Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁵ pêng⁵ iu²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶noe-ban-yeu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánpéngyou
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánpéngyo̊u
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-pʻêng²-yu⁵
  - Yale: nán-péng-you
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanperng.iou
  - Palladius: наньпэнъю (nanʹpɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánpéngyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánpéngyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-pʻêng²-yu³
  - Yale: nán-péng-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanperngyeou
  - Palladius: наньпэнъю (nanʹpɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Yale: nàahm pàhng yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ peng⁴ yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ pen^ˇ iu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² pen² yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ pen^ˇ (r)iu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² pen² yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: nam pen rhiu^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /nam⁵⁵ pʰen⁵⁵ ʒiu⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² beng² iu³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ meng⁵ ngiu³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: náng-béng-iû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(p-)mɛŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: nang² beng² iu³ [Phonetic: nang⁵ meng⁵ ngiu³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(p-)mɛŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋiu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâm-pêng-iú
  - Tâi-lô: lâm-pîng-iú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lampeng'iuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ²⁴⁻²² iu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam¹³⁻²² piɪŋ¹³⁻²² iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam²³⁻³³ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lam⁵ pêng⁵ iu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâm phêng iú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pʰeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ iu⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶noe-ban-yeu
  - MiniDict: noe^去 ban yeu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³noe-ban-hhieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nø²² bã⁵⁵ ɦiɤ²¹/

Noun

男朋友

boyfriend (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
我男朋友真的是太棒啦。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
Wǒ nánpéngyou zhēnde shì tài bàng la. [Pinyin]
My boyfriend is really awesome.

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
Northeastern Mandarin	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)	好的, 相好, 男朋友, 丈夫朋友
	Jieyang	男朋友
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈夫朋友
Wu	Shanghai	男朋友
Wu	Shanghai (Chongming)	男朋友

(slang) 男盆友 (nánpényǒu), 男票 (nánpiào), 藍朋友／蓝朋友 (lánpéngyou)

Coordinate terms

女朋友 (nǚpéngyou)