查埔朋友

Chinese

		man; male	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
trad. (查埔朋友)		查埔	朋友
simp. #(查埔朋友)		查埔	朋友
alternative forms		丈夫朋友

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cha-po͘ pêng-iú / ta-po͘ pêng-iú

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha-po͘ pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: tsa-poo pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: za'pof peng'iuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta-po͘ pêng-iú
    • Tâi-lô: ta-poo pîng-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: da'pof peng'iuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ iu⁵³/
    • IPA (Penang): /ta³³⁻²¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ peŋ²³⁻²¹ iu⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ta⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ⁴⁴⁻²² peŋ²⁴⁻²¹ iu⁴²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ piɪŋ²³⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Noun

查埔朋友

1. (Hokkien) boyfriend

   • 一冬前的教師節，阿慧𤆬伊的查埔朋友來，算是正式宣佈這个瘦抽條直的查埔囡仔，是伊未來的翁婿。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     一冬前的教师节，阿慧𤆬伊的查埔朋友来，算是正式宣布这个瘦抽条直的查埔囡仔，是伊未来的翁婿。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 王秀容, 阿母的禮物

     Chi̍t tang chêng ê Kàu-su-cheh, A-hūi chhōa i ê cha-po͘ pêng-iú lâi, sǹg-sī chèng-sek soan-pò͘ chit-ê sán-thiu tiâu-ti̍t ê cha-po͘-gín-á, sī i bī-lâi ê ang-sài. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     On last year's Teachers' Day, Hui brought her boyfriend with her and sort of officially announced that this slim and frank boy will be her future husband.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 男朋友 (“boyfriend”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		男朋友, 男友
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	男朋友, 男友
	Singapore	男朋友
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	男朋友
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	男朋友
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓋蓋兒, 蓋蓋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	男朋友
Cantonese	Guangzhou	男朋友
	Hong Kong	男朋友, 男友, 仔, 男仔
	Dongguan	芒啟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	男朋友
Hakka	Meixian	男朋友
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	男仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	男朋友
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	男朋友
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	男朋友
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	男朋友
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	男朋友
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	男朋友
Southern Min	Xiamen	男朋友
	Shishi	男朋友
	Penang (Hokkien)	丈夫朋友
	Singapore (Hokkien)	丈夫朋友
	Manila (Hokkien)	男朋友, 丈夫朋友
	Jieyang	男朋友
	Singapore (Teochew)	丈夫朋友
Wu	Shanghai	男朋友
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男朋友

See also

• 查某朋友