女朋友 (nǚpéngyou): girlfriend

Meanings

A female friend — but almost always means 'girlfriend' in a romantic sense

Nǐ yǒu nǚpéngyou ma?

Do you have a girlfriend?

Tā shì wǒ de nǚpéngyou.

She is my girlfriend.

usage

To say 'female friend' (platonic), add 一个 or say 女性朋友. Without qualifiers, 女朋友 always means 'girlfriend'.

女 nǚ

朋 péng

友 yǒu