鴛侶

Chinese

			companion
trad. (鴛侶)		鴛	侶
simp. (鸳侣)		鸳	侣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānlǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄌㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuānlǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄌㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuanlyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yüan¹-lü³
    • Yale: ywān-lyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuanleu
    • Palladius: юаньлюй (juanʹljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ leoi⁵
    • Yale: yūn léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³/

Noun

鴛侶

1. (literary) spouse; partner
   • 2022, “老派約會之必要 [A Gentleman's Guide to Old-Fashioned Dating]”, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 陳澤鴻 [GooChan] and 張天賦 [MC] (music)‎^[1]performed by 張天賦 [MC]:

     跟你這一種老派鴛侶　只想約會到八千歲　微醉寫詩作對下去 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     跟你这一种老派鸳侣　只想约会到八千岁　微醉写诗作对下去 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     gan¹ nei⁵ ze² jat¹ zung² lou⁵ paai³ jyun¹ leoi⁵, zi² soeng² joek³ wui⁶ dou³ baat³ cin¹ seoi³, mei⁴ zeoi³ se² si¹ zok³ deoi^3-2 haa⁶ heoi³ [Jyutping]

     With an old-fashioned partner of your sort, I just want to continue going on dates until we are 800, tipsy, writing poems, composing couplets

Synonyms

• 配偶 (pèi'ǒu)