二奶

èrnǎi

noun

Meanings

1 mistress (kept by a married man)
2 kept woman

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他在外面养了个二奶，老婆一直不知道。

Tā zài wàimian yǎng le ge èrnǎi, lǎopo yìzhí bù zhīdao.

He kept a mistress on the side, and his wife never knew.

HSK 7-9

那个贪官被查出包了好几个二奶。

Nàge tānguān bèi cháchū bāo le hǎojǐ ge èrnǎi.

The corrupt official was found to be keeping several mistresses.

Tips

register

Derogatory slang. To keep one is 包二奶. 小三 ("the third one") is the newer word for any woman who comes between a couple, kept or not; 情妇 is the neutral written word.

Stroke Order

二 èr

奶 nǎi