女友

See also: 𡛀

Chinese
female; woman; daughter friend
trad. (女友) 女 友
simp. #(女友) 女 友

Pronunciation

Noun

女友

  1. girlfriend
    女友鬧分手／女友闹分手  ―  nǚyǒu nào fēnshǒu  ―  [the/my] girlfriend wants to break up
    約翰的女友發現了他的不忠並甩了他，原來他也有今天。 [MSC, trad.]
    约翰的女友发现了他的不忠并甩了他，原来他也有今天。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yuēhàn de nǚyǒu fāxiàn le tā de bùzhōng bìng shuǎi le tā, yuánlái tā yě yǒu jīntiān. [Pinyin]
    After discovering John's infidelity his girlfriend dumped him - in the end he really got his just deserts.

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 女朋友 (“girlfriend”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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 Meixian 女朋友
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
Eastern Min Fuzhou 女朋友
Southern Min 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
Singapore (Hainanese) 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)

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
女 友
じょ
Grade: 1		 ゆう
Grade: 2
kan’on

Etymology

Might be a borrowing from written Chinese 女友 (nǚyǒu, literally “woman + friend”), using the expected Japanese readings for the characters.

Not found in monolingual dictionaries.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じょゆー [jòyúú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞jɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

女(じょ)友(ゆう) • (joyū) ←ぢよいう (dyoiu)?

  1. (dated, literary, rare) female friend
    Synonym: 女友達 (onna tomodachi)
    • 1912 [1881], Ishikawa Gian, Zangeroku‎, translation of Les Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau, page 467:
      慕(した)はしい女(ぢよ)友(いう)はあつても、別(べつ)に愛(あい)人(じん)がなくてはならぬ。
      Shitawashii joyū wa atte mo, betsu ni aijin ga nakute wa naranu.
      Even if one has a beloved female companion, one must have also a mistress.
    • 1938 [1917], Kimura Kinji, Gēte‎, translation of Goethe by Georg Simmel, page 50:
      ダルムシュタットの女(ぢよ)友(いう)は、或(あ)るものは死(し)し、或(あ)る者(もの)は結(けつ)婚(こん)して同(どう)地(ち)を去(さ)つた。
      Darumushutatto no joyū wa, aru mono wa shi shi, aru mono wa kekkon shite dōchi o satta.
      Regarding his Darmstadt ladies, some died, while some married and left the area.
    • 2011 July 31, “Kawashima Yoshiko no Chugoku Joyu wa Shō Kaiseki no supai [Chinese girlfriend of Yoshiko Kawashima was Chiang Kai-shek spy]”, in CNA‎:
      一(いっ)世(せい)を風(ふう)靡(び)した女(おんな)スパイの川(かわ)島(しま)芳(よし)子(こ)の女(じょ)友(ゆう)は上(シャン)海(ハイ)のダンシングクイーンの李(り)麗(れい)（リィリィ）で中(ちゅう)国(ごく)人(じん)のリィリィは蒋(ショウ)介(カイ)石(セキ)直(ちょく)属(ぞく)のスパイ機(き)関(かん)の総(そう)元(もと)締(じ)め戴(たい)笠(りゅう)の情(じょう)婦(ふ)であったことを中(ちゅう)国(ごく)時(じ)報(ほう)が今日(きょう)のフィチャーで明(あき)らかにした。
      Issei o fūbi shita onna supai no Kawashima Yoshiko no joyū wa Shanhai no danshingu kuīn no Ri Rei (Rī Rī) de Chūgokujin no Rī Rī wa Shō Kaiseki chokuzoku no supai kikan no sō motojime Tai Ryū no jōfu de atta koto o Chūgoku Jihō ga kyō no fichā de akiraka ni shita.
      In today's feature it is revealed that the female friend of world-dominating female spy Yoshiko Kawashima was Shanghai dancing queen Li Li, and that Li Li, who was Chinese, was a mistress of Chiang Kai-shek's direct subordinate, spy agency head Dai Li, according to China Times.

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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