<p>yaoi. How do you say this word?</p>
<p>Which language does the word pertain to, because I don't think it's an English word.</p>
<p>if it's mandarin chinese then it's -</p>
<p>yao. ee.</p>
<p>lol. but then again, i really don't think it's mandarin chinese.</p>
<p>Im not sure which language. I just know it related to anime.</p>
<p>It might be Japanese then:</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoi</a></p>
<p>pronounced "Yah-Oh-ee" rather than "Yow-ee" or "Ya-oy", all three vowels are pronounced...The term is an acronym derived from the Japanese phrase yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi, meaning "no climax, no punch line, no meaning."</p>
<p>It's Japanese. I think it's like gay male comic porn or something. In Japanese it'd be read "yah oh ee" in three syllables</p>
<p>I'm surprised I know this. But my weird anime-obsessed friends have said it many times. But yes, it's what legendofmax says...</p>
<p>Then there's another word for female/female...</p>
<p>Oh god I was hoping I wasn't right >.< me no likey</p>
<p>if you clicked on the link i posted, you would see a whole entry on it</p>
<p>Yeah. I know what it is. Im obsessed with it. I have just never heard anyone say it. The chick one is Yuri. Is it also pronounced like its spelled?</p>
<p>Dude, yaoi is gay hentai. Why do you want to know about gay animated characters?</p>
<p>someonelse: "you-ree" (rhymes with... loopy?)</p>
<p>my friend always pronounces it yow-ee...</p>