英语口语一般可称女性为significantother或S

1. Girlfriend还可以通称girl

尤其随便的场所可以用gf或GF，如短消息(texting)或网上聊天(internet chat)。

eg: Have you been seeing a guy pretty steadily and would like to know if he wants you to be his girlfriend?

2. 非婚关联中，英语口语一般可称女性为significant other或SO

这个词不突显性別，只注重婚姻关系，因此 也可用以男性。相近中文的‘另一半儿’、‘那口子’、‘他这位’等，但不表露或假定婚姻生活情况或择偶标准，用以有意模糊不清以防止得罪他人。

eg: Anyone NOT having their Significant Other in the Delivery Room?

3. Life partner一般等同于‘灵魂伴侣’

但与中文不一样的是它还可以指亲密无间的终生小伙伴，不管男同還是异性朋友。Partner还可以指life partner。

eg: I feel more optimistic being in this relationship. We decided we are going to be life partners.

4. Soulmate或soul mate能够指女朋友或老婆

还可以指不一定有婚姻关系的精神伴侣，有一定的神密或宗教信仰寓意。此外，mate还可以指女朋友。这好多个词不区别性別。

eg: So did "God" give attractive people a much higher chance of meeting their soulmate?

5. Fiancée指定亲女朋友

相对性定义是fiancé，及定亲男朋友。

eg: A 45-year-old man and his fiancée were celebrating a family holiday in their apartment. Out of the blue the man thought that his girlfriend was taking the form of a hideous monster from a horror movie.

6. 有一些词是男孩和女孩通用性的，如true love、date、steady、darling、love、lover、paramour、squeeze等。

7. 也有其他一些词能够指女朋友，如companion、sweetheart、heartthrob、babe等。

8. 如果是已婚男人的恋人，一般用mistress

eg: Picasso’s painting of his mistress will go under the hammer at London

9. Lady friend是个有意含糊不清的术语

指关联不上girlfriend的水平，但却好于friend;沒有mistress或lover那类显著的性寓意。一般做为委婉语(euphemism)应用，或是在情况不明的状况下做为一种传统的说法。Lady friend也用以指女性显著超过男性的情侣关系。

eg: A millionaire took his lady friend to dinner. He told her he had eaten in the finest restaurants in the world and assured her this place served the best。

10. girl friend或female friend

没有浪漫关联(non-romantic)或性行为的(non-sexual)女性能用girl friend或female friend一词。Girl friend和girlfriend也各有不同，前面一种可用以指一般女性。

eg: The fine line between girl friends and girlfriends lies in sexual attraction and flirting.

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