yaoi

From Chinese 姚 (yáo, surname) +‎ -i (genitive suffix).

yaoi m or f or n

1. (zoology) Named after someone with the surname Yao (Chinese 姚 (yáo)).

From Japanese やおい (yaoi), an acronym of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”), 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”), and 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊ.i/, /ˈjɑ.ɔɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aʊi

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

1. (especially Japanese fiction) A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between two or more men.
2. (Japanese pornography) A form of hentai involving two or more men in a gay relationship.
   • 2005 October, interview with Fall Out Boy during the Nintendo Fusion Tour‎^[1][2], spoken by Jessica Chobot, IGN:

     I have a ton of gay porn, actually. He knows. I'm a major yaoi freak. But only if it's manga and anime. Because I'm just a pervert like that.

• BL
• shounen ai

• bara

• GL
• shoujo ai
• yuri

• danmei
• fujoshi

• aiyo

• IPA^(key): /jaː.ɔi̯/

yaoi m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (Japanese fiction) yaoi

yaoi

1. Rōmaji transcription of やおい

yaoi m (countable and uncountable, plural yaois)

1. (uncountable, Japanese fiction) yaoi (narrative genre)
2. (countable, Japanese fiction) an issue of a yaoi work

   Amo ler meus yaois antes de dormir ― I love to read yaoi [works] before sleep.

Borrowed from English yaoi.

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈoɪ/, [jɑˈo̞.ɪ]
• Rhymes: -oɪ

yaoi (definite accusative yaoiyi, plural yaoiler)

1. (Japanese fiction) yaoi

• yaoici