藍朋友

See also: 蓝朋友

Chinese

	blue; indigo plant; surname	friend; boyfriend or girlfriend; partner
trad. (藍朋友)	藍	朋友
simp. (蓝朋友)	蓝	朋友
Literally: “blue friend”.

Etymology

“firefighter”: From the uniform colour of firefighters in Mainland China, which has been blue (火焰藍 / 火焰蓝) since November 2018, possibly also influenced by the “boyfriend” sense (Su, 2024).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lánpéngyou, lánpéngyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ, ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lánpéngyou
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ˙ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lánpéngyo̊u
  - Wade–Giles: lan²-pʻêng²-yu⁵
  - Yale: lán-péng-you
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanperng.iou
  - Palladius: ланьпэнъю (lanʹpɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lánpéngyǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lánpéngyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: lan²-pʻêng²-yu³
  - Yale: lán-péng-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanperngyeou
  - Palladius: ланьпэнъю (lanʹpɛnʺju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ pʰɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

藍朋友

(neologism, Internet slang, humorous) alternative form of 男朋友 (“boyfriend”)
(Mainland China, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or endearing) firefighter (Classifier: 位 m)
- 2021 May 19, 陈丽红, “走进消防站从心认识“蓝朋友””, in 海丝商报, page N3:
  
  近日，溪美中心小学42名小记者走进南安市消防救援大队美林站，跟消防员叔叔零距离接触，从心认识“蓝朋友”。 [MSC, simp.]
  近日，溪美中心小學42名小記者走進南安市消防救援大隊美林站，跟消防員叔叔零距離接觸，從心認識“藍朋友”。 [MSC, trad.]
  Jìnrì, Xīměi Zhōngxīn Xiǎoxué 42 míng xiǎo jìzhě zǒujìn Nán'ān shì xiāofáng jiùyuán dàduì Měilín zhàn, gēn xiāofángyuán shūshu língjùlí jiēchù, cóng xīn rènshí “lánpéngyou”. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 August 10, 奶粉七号, Bilibili‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 December 2024:
  
  蓝朋友直播，评论区发大水惹，全是鸡叫声 [MSC, simp.]
  藍朋友直播，評論區發大水惹，全是雞叫聲 [MSC, trad.]
  lánpéngyou zhíbō, pínglùnqū fā dàshuǐ re, quán shì jījiàoshēng [Pinyin]
  During a firefighter’s live broadcast, the comment section was flooded with lust and full of horny screams
- 2023 December 1, 吴承宇, 吴海涛, “一朵来自“蓝朋友”的小红花”, in 淮海晚报, page 4:
  
  对这首由“蓝朋友”和小朋友们一同带来的歌曲，大家纷纷给出好评，然而很多人不知道，背后的故事更加动人。 [MSC, simp.]
  對這首由“藍朋友”和小朋友們一同帶來的歌曲，大家紛紛給出好評，然而很多人不知道，背後的故事更加動人。 [MSC, trad.]
  Duì zhè shǒu yóu “lánpéngyou” hé xiǎopéngyoumen yītóng dàilái de gēqǔ, dàjiā fēnfēn gěichū hǎopíng, rán'ér hěn duō rén bù zhīdào, bèihòu de gùshi gèngjiā dòngrén. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)