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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǚpéngyou, nǚpéngyǒu

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

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nui² pang³ yiu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-phèn-yû
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): lú-pêng-iú

(Teochew, Peng'im): neng² pêng⁵ iu²
Wu (Wiktionary): ³nyy-ban-hhieu

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): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ 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 yiu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdui⁵⁵ pʰaŋ²² jiu²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng` penˇ iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ pen² yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ pʰen¹¹ i̯u²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-phèn-yû
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng` penˇ (r)iu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ pen² yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ pʰen¹¹ (j)i̯u²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ³nyy-ban-hhieu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy²² b̥ã⁵⁵ ɦiɜ²¹/

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
Mandarin	Beijing	女朋友
	Taiwan	女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory
	Chengdu	女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子
	Guilin	𧊅
	Xuzhou	女朋友
	Nanjing	女朋友, 攀西
	Singapore	女朋友
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	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
Min Dong	Fuzhou	女朋友
Min Nan	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)	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
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)

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