女朋友
Meaning
- girlfriend
Example sentence
他没有女朋友。
He has no girlfriend.
Characters in 女朋友
- 女 nǚ female
- 朋 péng friend
- 友 yǒu friend, friendly
女 female in front of 朋友 friend. 男朋友 is built the same way, and the pattern is worth noticing: Chinese marks the gender at the front rather than using a separate word like girlfriend.