yaoi

See also: Yaoi

Translingual

Etymology

From Chinese 姚 (yáo, surname) +‎ -i (genitive suffix).

Adjective

yaoi m or f or n

1. (zoology) Named after someone with the surname Yao (Chinese 姚 (yáo)).

Derived terms

• Clubiona yaoi
• Corydalis yaoi
• Damaeus yaoi
• Eriovixia yaoi
• Euochin yaoi
• Latouchia yaoi
• Leptonetela yaoi
• Neoserica yaoi
• Neurigona yaoi
• Onthophagus yaoi
• Paraplotes yaoi
• Pireneitega yaoi
• Smodicinodes yaoi

English

Etymology

From Japanese やおい (yaoi), an acronym of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”), 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”), and 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊ.i/, /ˈjɑ.ɔɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aʊi

Noun

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

1. (especially Japanese fiction) A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.
2. (Japanese pornography) A form of hentai involving two or more men in a gay relationship.

Synonyms

• BL
• shounen ai

Hyponyms

• bara

Coordinate terms

• GL
• shoujo ai
• yuri

Derived terms

• old man yaoi
• yaoi hand
• yaoi hole

Translations

narrative involving men in a gay relationship

• Arabic: يَاوِي m (yāwī)
• Bengali: ইয়াওই (iẏaōi)
• Chinese:

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• Dutch: yaoi m
• Esperanto: jaŭojo
• French: yaoi (fr) m
• German: Yaoi
• Hebrew: יאוי
• Hiligaynon: yaoi
• Hindi: याओइ (yāoi)
• Italian: yaoi
• Japanese: やおい (ja) (yaoi)
• Korean: 야오이 (yaoi)
• Marathi: याओइ (yāoi)
• Mongolian: яои (jaoi)
• Portuguese: yaoi (pt)
• Russian: яо́й (ru) m (jaój)
• Spanish: yaoi
• Turkish: yaoi
• Ukrainian: яо́й (jaój)

See also

• danmei
• fujoshi

Anagrams

• aiyo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaː.ɔi̯/

Noun

yaoi m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (Japanese fiction) yaoi

Japanese

Romanization

yaoi

1. Rōmaji transcription of やおい

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈja.o.i/, /jaˈoj/ [jaˈoɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈja.u.i/, /jɐˈoj/

Noun

yaoi m (countable and uncountable, plural yaois)

1. (uncountable, Japanese fiction) yaoi (narrative genre)
2. (countable, Japanese fiction) an issue of a yaoi work

   Amo ler meus yaois antes de dormir ― I love to read yaoi [works] before sleep.

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yaoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈoɪ/, [jɑˈo̞.ɪ]
• Rhymes: -oɪ

Noun

yaoi (definite accusative yaoiyi, plural yaoiler)

1. (Japanese fiction) yaoi

Declension

Declension of yaoi

singular plural nominative yaoi yaoiler definite accusative yaoiyi yaoileri dative yaoiye yaoilere locative yaoide yaoilerde ablative yaoiden yaoilerden genitive yaoinin yaoilerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular yaoim yaoilerim 2nd singular yaoin yaoilerin 3rd singular yaoisi yaoileri 1st plural yaoimiz yaoilerimiz 2nd plural yaoiniz yaoileriniz 3rd plural yaoileri yaoileri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular yaoimi yaoilerimi 2nd singular yaoini yaoilerini 3rd singular yaoisini yaoilerini 1st plural yaoimizi yaoilerimizi 2nd plural yaoinizi yaoilerinizi 3rd plural yaoilerini yaoilerini dative singular plural 1st singular yaoime yaoilerime 2nd singular yaoine yaoilerine 3rd singular yaoisine yaoilerine 1st plural yaoimize yaoilerimize 2nd plural yaoinize yaoilerinize 3rd plural yaoilerine yaoilerine locative singular plural 1st singular yaoimde yaoilerimde 2nd singular yaoinde yaoilerinde 3rd singular yaoisinde yaoilerinde 1st plural yaoimizde yaoilerimizde 2nd plural yaoinizde yaoilerinizde 3rd plural yaoilerinde yaoilerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular yaoimden yaoilerimden 2nd singular yaoinden yaoilerinden 3rd singular yaoisinden yaoilerinden 1st plural yaoimizden yaoilerimizden 2nd plural yaoinizden yaoilerinizden 3rd plural yaoilerinden yaoilerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular yaoimin yaoilerimin 2nd singular yaoinin yaoilerinin 3rd singular yaoisinin yaoilerinin 1st plural yaoimizin yaoilerimizin 2nd plural yaoinizin yaoilerinizin 3rd plural yaoilerinin yaoilerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular yaoiyim yaoilerim 2nd singular yaoisin yaoilersin 3rd singular yaoi yaoidir yaoiler yaoilerdir 1st plural yaoiyiz yaoileriz 2nd plural yaoisiniz yaoilersiniz 3rd plural yaoiler yaoilerdir

Derived terms

• yaoici