男友
nán yǒu
Pinyin

Definition

男友
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nán yǒu
  1. boyfriend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
朋友
péng you
  1. 1 friend
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
男
nán
  1. 1 male
  2. 2 Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
交友
jiāo yǒu
  1. 1 to make friends
博友
bó yǒu
  1. 1 lit. blog friend
友
yǒu
  1. 1 friend
友人
yǒu rén
  1. 1 friend
友好
Yǒu hǎo
  1. 1 Youhao district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
友情
yǒu qíng
  1. 1 friendly feelings
  2. 2 friendship
友谊
yǒu yì
  1. 1 companionship
  2. 2 fellowship
  3. 3 friendship
基友
jī yǒu
  1. 1 (slang) very close same-sex friend
  2. 2 gay partner
女友
nu:3 yǒu
  1. 1 girlfriend
女朋友
nu:3 péng you
  1. 1 girlfriend
小朋友
xiǎo péng yǒu
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
男儿
nán ér
  1. 1 a (real) man
  2. 2 boy
  3. 3 son
男友
nán yǒu
  1. 1 boyfriend
男士
nán shì
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 gentleman
男女
nán nu:3
  1. 1 male-female
  2. 2 male and female
男子
nán zǐ
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male

Idioms (20)

不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
串亲访友
chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
  1. 1 to call on friends and relations (idiom)
化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu
  1. 1 to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
多个朋友多条路
duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lù
  1. 1 the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
挚友良朋
zhì yǒu liáng péng
  1. 1 intimate friend and companion (idiom)
朋友妻不可欺
péng you qī bù kě qī
  1. 1 you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
狐朋狗友
hú péng gǒu yǒu
  1. 1 a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
  1. 1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
男尊女卑
nán zūn nu:3 bēi
  1. 1 to regard men as superior to women (idiom)
男扮女装
nán bàn nu:3 zhuāng
  1. 1 (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
男欢女爱
nán huān nu:3 ài
  1. 1 passionate love (idiom)
红男绿女
hóng nán lu:4 nu:3
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
绿女红男
lu:4 nu:3 hóng nán
  1. 1 young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
良师益友
liáng shī yì yǒu
  1. 1 good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
访亲问友
fǎng qīn wèn yǒu
  1. 1 to visit friends and relations (idiom)
酒肉朋友
jiǔ ròu péng you
  1. 1 lit. drinking buddy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fair-weather friend

Sample Sentences

我前男友常常口是心非。
wǒ qiánnányǒu chángcháng kǒushìxīnfēi 。
My ex-boyfriend would alway speak with a forked tongue.
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在香港这部电影叫做我的超豪男友，在新加坡叫做疯狂富豪。
zài Xiānggǎng zhè bù diànyǐng jiàozuò wǒ de chāo háo nányǒu ，zài Xīnjiāpō jiàozuò fēngkuáng fùháo 。
In Hong Kong, this movie is called My Super-boyfriend and is called Crazy Rich in Singapore.
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你别攻击人，我男友就是不喜欢下巴方，再说了，我下巴方跟严肃有什么关系？
nǐ bié gōngjī rén ，wǒ nányǒu jiùshì bù xǐhuan xiàba fāng ，zàishuō le ，wǒ xiàba fāng gēn yánsù yǒu shénme guānxi ？
Don't attack me, my boyfriend doesn't like square chins, and another thing, what has a square chin got to do with being serious?
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是的，你说的都对，我已生无可恋，可不就是被我自己给作死的。我觉得男朋友，啊不，前男友，内心一定也是崩溃的。
shì de ，nǐshuōde dōu duì ，wǒ yǐ shēngwúkě liàn ，kěbù jiùshì bèi wǒ zìjǐ gěi zuòsǐ de 。wǒ juéde nán péngyou ，ā bù ，qiánnányǒu ，nèixīn yīdìng yě shì bēngkuì de 。
Yeah, you're right about it all. I'll never know love again, but I dug my own grave. I think my boyfriend, eh... ex-boyfriend, must be distraught.
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昨天...昨天晚上我男友刚出差回来，我不小心发现他微信里头有跟别人暧昧的对话...
zuótiān . . . zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ nányǒu gāng chūchāi huílai ，wǒ bù xiǎoxīn fāxiàn tā wēixìn lǐ tóu yǒu gēn biérén àimèi de duìhuà . . .
Yesterday...when my boyfriend came home from his business trip last night, I accidentally found flirtatious conversations between him and someone else on his WeChat...
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好好好。我得查个明白……对了，你男友不是在公关公司工作吗？说不定就是在那儿办个什么古装剧的活动而已。
hǎohǎohǎo 。wǒ děi chá gè míngbai ……duìle ，nǐ nányǒu bùshì zài gōngguān gōngsī gōngzuò ma ？shuōbudìng jiùshì zài nàr bàn gè shénme gǔzhuāng jù de huódòng éryǐ 。
Yes, yes, yes. I'll do a proper investigation. Hey, doesn't your boyfriend work at a PR company? Maybe they are just doing some kind of period drama event at that hotel?
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哦，说的是过年期间，一个上海小姑娘去江西农村的男友家过年，被男方家穷苦环境吓了一跳，于是决定和男友分手。
ò ，shuōdeshì guònián qījiān ，yī gè Shànghǎi xiǎogūniang qù Jiāngxī nóngcūn de nányǒu jiā guònián ，bèi nán fāng jiā qióngkǔ huánjìng xià le yī tiào ，yúshì duédìng hé nányǒu fēnshǒu 。
Oh, it was talking about the Spring Festival period. A Shanghai girl went to her boyfriend's house in rural Jiangxi for Chinese New Year, and decided to break up with her boyfriend because she was so shocked at the poor conditions of her boyfriend's family.
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1.看到这对卿卿我我的小情侣，她不由得想起自己的前男友。
.kàndào zhè duì qīngqīngwǒwǒ de xiǎo qínglǚ ，tā bùyóude xiǎngqǐ zìjǐ de qiánnányǒu 。
Seeing this loving couple, she could not help but think of her ex-boyfriend.
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你看看，床的上方绝对不能用这种灯饰！最近是不是老是觉得老板看你不顺眼，男友对你的下巴挑剔，工作又不顺遂？
nǐ kàn kan ，chuáng de shàngfāng juéduì bù néng yòng zhèzhǒng dēngshì ！zuìjìn shìbushì lǎoshi juéde lǎobǎn kàn nǐ bù shùnyǎn ，nányǒu duì nǐ de xiàba tiāoti ，gōngzuò yòu bù shùnsuì ？
Look, you absolutely can't have this kind of light fixture above your bed! Have you been feeling recently that your boss has been displeased with you? And that your boyfriend is criticizing your chin and that your job is not going to plan?
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我好得很。因为我已经交新男友了。
wǒ hǎo de hěn 。yīnwèi wǒ yǐjīng jiāo xīn nányǒu le 。
I am actually really good. Because I have already got a new boyfriend.
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