鴛侶

Chinese

			companion
trad. (鴛侶)		鴛	侶
simp. (鸳侣)		鸳	侣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuānlǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢㄌㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ leoi⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuānlǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢㄌㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuanlyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yüan¹-lü³
  - Yale: ywān-lyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanleu
  - Palladius: юаньлюй (juanʹljuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun¹ leoi⁵
  - Yale: yūn léuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ loey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ lêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

鴛侶

(literary) spouse; partner
- 2022, “老派約會之必要 [A Gentleman's Guide to Old-Fashioned Dating]”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 陳澤鴻 [GooChan] and 張天賦 [MC] (music)‎^[1]performed by 張天賦 [MC]:
  
  跟你這一種老派鴛侶　只想約會到八千歲　微醉寫詩作對下去 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
  跟你这一种老派鸳侣　只想约会到八千岁　微醉写诗作对下去 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
  gan¹ nei⁵ ze² jat¹ zung² lou⁵ paai³ jyun¹ leoi⁵, zi² soeng² joek³ wui⁶ dou³ baat³ cin¹ seoi³, mei⁴ zeoi³ se² si¹ zok³ deoi^3-2 haa⁶ heoi³ [Jyutping]
  With an old-fashioned partner of your sort, I just want to continue going on dates until we are 800, tipsy, writing poems, composing couplets

Synonyms

配偶 (pèi'ǒu)