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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

男友

nányǒu

boyfriend

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

boyfriend

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 男友 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 男友 appears in 9 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

她要和男友分手了。tā yào hé nán yǒu fēn shǒu le。

She is going to part from her boyfriend.

她爱上了她男友的弟弟。tā ài shàng le tā nán yǒu de dì di。

She fell in love with her boyfriend's younger brother.

她爱上了她男友的哥哥。tā ài shàng le tā nán yǒu dī gē gē。

She fell in love with her boyfriend's older brother.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 男友.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 男友.

Directly before

  • 和男友2
  • 她男友2
  • 我男友2
  • 的男友1
  • 跟男友1

Directly after

  • 男友分手2
  • 男友的2
  • 男友放到1
  • 男友第一次1
  • 男友肛交1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 男友

What does 男友 mean in Chinese?

男友 (nányǒu) means boyfriend.

How do you pronounce 男友?

男友 is pronounced nányǒu.

Is 男友 an HSK word?

男友 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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