男男

Chinese

		male	male
simp. and trad. (男男)		男	男

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánnán
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-nan²
    • Yale: nán-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nannan
    • Palladius: наньнань (nanʹnanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ nän³⁵/

Noun

男男

1. (informal) A relationship between two men, particularly in love.

   • 相差51歲的異國男男“爺孫戀”攜手步入紅毯 [MSC, trad.]
     相差51岁的异国男男“爷孙恋”携手步入红毯 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2019 Feb 16, 李宗宪, 相差51岁的异国男男“爷孙恋”携手步入红毯

     xiàngchā 51 suì de yìguó nánnán “yé sūn liàn” xiéshǒu bùrùhóngtǎn [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (informal) boys' love; gay; yaoi.

   • 在女性幻想的男男戀中主動方被視為「攻」、被動方則為「受」 [MSC, trad.]
     在女性幻想的男男恋中主动方被视为「攻」、被动方则为「受」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 張萱, 男男戀浪漫指數不輸偶像劇 BL劇爆紅進化史

     zài nǚxìng huànxiǎng de nánnán liàn zhōng zhǔdòng fāng bèi shìwèi “gōng”, bèidòng fāng zé wèi “shòu” [Pinyin]

     In female's fantasy about boys' love, active one will be "seme"; while passive one will be "uke".

Coordinate terms

• 女女 (nǚnǚ)

Derived terms

• 男男性行為 / 男男性行为

 

See also

• hehe (Hong Kong Cantonese)