thumb|Chen Yu-Rong (left) and her girlfriend Wang Ping in front of Image Museum of Hsinchu Culture Bureau ("???????????"). Notice that Chen's photo by Wang is on the wall behind."Girlfriend" can literally mean friends who are girls (female) or something more intimate. It is usually wise to not to infer meaning.Girlfriend is a term that can refer to a female partner in a non-marital romantic relationship, an intimate friend who is usually a woman and, more casually, a non-intimate friend. Scope The term is most commonly used to describe any female person who is in a romantic relationship with another person. Partners in such a non-marital relationship are sometimes described instead as a significant other or partner, especially if the two partners are living together. At times, since "girlfriend" and "partner" mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are sub