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男朋友

男朋友

Chinese

		male	friend
simp. and trad. (男朋友)		男	朋友

Noun

男朋友

boyfriend

我男朋友真的是太棒啦。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

Wǒ nánpéngyǒu zhēnde shì tài bàng la. [Pinyin]

My boyfriend is really awesome.

Synonyms

男友 (nányǒu)

See also

女朋友 (nǚpéngyǒu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nánpéngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàm-phèn-yû
Min Nan (POJ): lâm-pêng-iú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánpéngyǒu → nánpéngyou (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ → ㄋㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanpengr.yeou
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /na̠n³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ i̯oʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - Yale: nàahm pàhng yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ pang⁴ jau⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːm²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ penˇ iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² pen² yiu¹
  - IPA: /nam¹¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ penˇ (r)iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² pen² yiu¹
  - IPA: /nam¹¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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/