男女朋友

nánnǚpéngyou
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 boyfriend or girlfriend
  2. 2 romantic partner (generic)

Examples

Nǐmen shì nánnǚ péngyou guānxi ma?
Are you two in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship?
Wǒmen hái méi dào nánnǚ péngyou de chéngdù.
We aren't quite at the boyfriend-and-girlfriend stage yet.
Tāmen zuò nánnǚ péngyou yǐjīng sān nián le.
They've been boyfriend and girlfriend for three years already.

Tips

usage
Gender-neutral cover term combining 男朋友 + 女朋友. Often used when the speaker doesn't want to specify or is asking about both sides of a couple: 你们男女朋友? = 'are you two dating?'. More formal / explicit alternative to the slangier 对象.

Stroke Order

nán
péng
yǒu