男朋友 (nán péng you)

Character breakdown

• 男 (nán) · 7 strokes

  Traditionally males (男) were the people who plowed (力) the fields (田).

• 朋 (péng) · 8 strokes

  Depicts a pair of strings of jade mounted together. The meaning later shifted to "friend". Not related to 月 (moon), despite the visual similarity.

• 友 (yǒu) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of two hands together to convey the meaning "friend". 又 also represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 我想男朋友。 — I want a boyfriend.
2. 你男朋友真帅！ — Your boyfriend is really handsome.
3. 你有男朋友吗？ — Do you have a boyfriend?
4. 我是你的男朋友。 — I'm your boyfriend.
5. 那是她的男朋友。 — That's her boyfriend.

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