秘密同伙 mì mì tòng huǒ secret partner / sleeping partner / silent partner 堂弟妹 táng dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via male line / younger cousins via male line 一哥 yī gē (coll.) top-ranked male / leading male / top male personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 陪练 陪練 péi liàn training partner / sparring partner 伴舞 bàn wǔ to be a dancing partner to sb / to perform as a backup dancer / taxi dancer (hired dancing partner) / escort 对家 對家 duì jiā partner (in four person game) / family of proposed marriage partner 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 男性 nán xìng the male sex / a male syn 男生 nán shēng schoolboy / male student / boy / guy (young adult male) 男同胞 nán tóng bāo man / male / male compatriot 妻子管得严 妻子管得嚴 qī zi guǎn dé yán hen-pecked male (esp. one obliged to forsake male friends) 男服务员 男服務員 nán fú wù yuán steward / male clerk / male flight attendant 成丁 chéng dīng (of a male) to come of age / an adult male 堂嫂 táng sǎo wife of older male cousin via male line 堂弟媳 táng dì xí wife of younger male cousin via male line 公对公 公對公 gōng - duì - gōng B2B / business-to-business / (of a connector) male-to-male 男大 nán dà (slang) male university student / male college student 男宾 男賓 nán bīn male guest / male visitor syn 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore / to climb ashore / (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) syn 可取 kě qǔ desirable / worth having / (of a suggestion etc) commendable / worthy syn 力不从心 力不從心 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom) / not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak syn 靓号 靚號 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 适当幅度制度 system of desirable ranges 适当质量范围 desirable range of quality 适当的克隆 適當的克隆 desirable clone 适当幅度 適當幅度 desirable range 适当的最大浓度 適當的最大濃度 maximum desirable concentration 对象 對象 duì xiàng target / object / partner / boyfriend / girlfriend / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 伙伴 huǒ bàn partner / companion / comrade syn 合作伙伴 hé zuò huǒ bàn cooperative partner 伴侣 伴侶 bàn lǚ companion / mate / partner syn 征婚 徵婚 zhēng hūn to look for a partner 搭档 搭檔 dā dàng to cooperate / partner syn 伙计 伙計 huǒ ji partner / fellow / mate / waiter / servant / shop assistant syn 相亲 相親 xiāng qīn blind date / arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]) / to be deeply attached to each other syn 脱光 脫光 tuō guāng to strip naked / to strip nude / (coll.) to find oneself a partner 合伙人 hé huǒ rén partner / associate syn 拍档 拍檔 pāi dàng partner 性伴侣 性伴侶 xìng bàn lǚ sex partner 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 战略伙伴 戰略伙伴 zhàn lüè huǒ bàn strategic partner 舞伴 wǔ bàn dancing partner 良缘 良緣 liáng yuán good karma / opportune connection with marriage partner 门当户对 門當戶對 mén dāng hù duì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match syn 找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner / looking for a mate 同谋 同謀 tóng móu to conspire with sb / to plot / a conspirator / a partner in crime / an accomplice 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 性伙伴 xìng huǒ bàn sexual partner 搭伙 dā huǒ to join up with sb / to become partner / to take meals regularly in cafeteria syn 娈童 孌童 luán tóng catamite (boy as homosexual partner) / kept man / gigolo 姘夫 pīn fū lover (of a woman) / illicit partner / paramour syn 伙 夥 huǒ companion / partner / group / classifier for groups of people / to combine / together syn 伴 bàn partner / companion / comrade / associate / to accompany syn 泡 pào bubble / foam / blister / to soak / to steep / to infuse / to dawdle / to loiter / to pick up (a girl) / to get off with (a sexual partner) / classifier for occurrences of an action / classifier for number of infusions syn 假途灭虢 假途滅虢 jiǎ tú miè guó lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom) / fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner 傍家儿 傍家兒 bàng jiā r lover / partner 性伴 xìng bàn sexual partner 戴绿帽子 戴綠帽子 dài lǜ mào zi to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only) 盟兄 méng xiōng senior partner in sworn brotherhood 盟弟 méng dì junior partner in sworn brotherhood 竞选搭档 競選搭檔 jìng xuǎn dā dàng election partner / running mate 约会对象 約會對象 yuē huì duì xiàng partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend) 终生伴侣 終生伴侶 zhōng shēng bàn lǚ lifelong partner or companion 贸易伙伴 貿易伙伴 mào yì huǒ bàn trading partner 伙伴统计支助报告 huǒ bàn tǒng jì zhī zhù bào gào Partner Reporting on Support to Statistics 同居伴侣 tòng jū bàn lǚ domestic partner 双边合作伙伴 shuāng bian hé zuò huǒ bàn bilateral partner 多边合作伙伴 duō bian hé zuò huǒ bàn multilateral partner 伙伴机构 huǒ bàn jī gòu partner agency 实施伙伴 實施伙伴 shí shī huǒ bàn implementing partner 执行伙 執行夥 implementing partner 伙伴国 夥伴國 huǒ bàn guó partner country 国家工作队合作伙伴 國家工作隊合作夥伴 country team partner 相对象 相對象 xiàng duì xiàng to meet a possible marriage partner 基友 jī yǒu (slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner 合作方 hé zuò fāng (business) partner syn 床友 chuáng yǒu (slang) friend with benefits / casual sex partner 脱单 脫單 tuō dān (neologism) to find oneself a partner 媒合 méi hé to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc) 施虐者 shī nüè zhě abuser / (in sadomasochism) dominant partner 枕边人 枕邊人 zhěn biān rén the person who shares one's bed / partner / spouse 生死搭档 生死搭檔 shēng sǐ dā dàng inseparable partner 耐操 nài cāo (Tw) (of a person) to have stamina / (of a product) durable / (mainland China) (vulgar) (usu. of a woman) alternative form of 耐肏 (enthusiastic as a sexual partner) MV M V desirability as a partner (abbr. for "mate value") / music video 中央空调 中央空調 zhōng yāng kōng tiáo central air conditioning / (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with 暖男[nuan3 nan2], a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry) 家花没有野花香 家花沒有野花香 jiā huā méi yǒu yě huā xiāng lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side 喜当爹 喜當爹 xǐ dāng diē (neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover 抱睡 bào shuì to hold a baby or child while they sleep / to spoon with one's partner 年上 nián shàng (slang) the older person in a romantic relationship / an older partner 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 男子 nán zǐ a man / a male syn 玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn 师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn 学长 學長 xué zhǎng senior or older male schoolmate syn 师弟 師弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal syn 