Learn English – English words for ‘闺蜜’

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闺蜜 in Chinese means two girls have very good relationship, and much closer than normal good friends but they are not lesbians.

闺: boudoir

蜜: connotes honey;

闺蜜 could be short for 闺中密友, which literally means the intimate friend in a woman’s bedroom or private sitting room.

The best I can get are terms like besties, intimate relationship. Besties seems like best friends, which can be used for both men and women. Well, 闺蜜 is women only. Intimate relationship seems to connote a romantic relationship like lesbians.

Any other
suggestions?

Best Answer

You may be getting hung up on it having to be specifically female. Some of these terms might not be explictly female (indeed the chinese term isn't explitly female either) but would generally be applied to women.

Bestie (sounds like school-girl slang, or young women)

Best friend (could be male or female, but "she is my best friend" works. This is by far the simplest solution)

Bosom buddy/friend (this used to be applied to both men and women, but now seems to be almost entirely female)

Girlfriend, (when used by a woman of another woman can just mean "friend who is a girl, especially in US English)

Cater cousin (old-fashioned and rather rare)

Sometimes it is better to describe rather than translate:

She was more than a good friend; we did everything together.

If I had to go for one compound, I'd use "bosom friend".

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