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男朋友

naam4 pang4 jau5

nan2 peng2 you5

boyfriend - as with English, a term that denotes a lover rather than a friend who happens to be male.

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 2,730,000

男朋友

男 naam4 nan2 - man
朋 pang4 peng2 - friend
友 jau5 you3 - friend; friendship

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你有冇男朋友呀? 粵 edit
Do you have a boyfriend?

嘩！你個男朋友咁鬼樣衰㗎！粵 edit
Oh my god! Your boyfriend is so ugly!

年卅呀晚同家人喺度檯腳，點知得咁啱情人節男朋友又預訂咗喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵 edit
I had my reunion dinner with my family here. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 4th Nov 2007

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