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男朋友
naam4 pang4 jau5
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boyfriend - as with English, a term that denotes a lover rather than a friend who happens to be male | can be shortened to: 男友 Level: 1 Google Frequency: 2,730,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 7683 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:男 naam4 - man朋 pang4 - friend 友 jau5 - friend; friendship |
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Showing all 7 examples containing 男朋友 
嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎! 粵
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly! [http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131797,131965#msg-131965]
你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎 粵
You must be popular with the boys! [Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]
我以為有個攝影師做男朋友，佢一定會幫我影好多靚相，殊不知佢一張相都冇幫我影過。 粵
I had the idea that by having a photographer as boyfriend, I would have many of my pictures taken. Little did I know that none of the photographs were of me. |
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