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男友

nán yǒu · nan you

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Meaning

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  1. boyfriend
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Who was at dinner?

  1. Dengdeng

    琦琦(qíqí)，昨天(zuótiān)跟(gēn)你(nǐ)吃饭(chīfàn)的(de)人(rén)是(shì)谁(shéi)？

    Qiqi, who was the person you had dinner with yesterday?

  2. Qiqi

    他(tā)是(shì)我的(wǒde)男友(nányǒu)啊(a)。

    He's my boyfriend.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)有(yǒu)男友(nányǒu)了(le)？什么时候(shénmeshíhou)的(de)事(shì)？

    You have a boyfriend? Since when?

  4. Qiqi

    我们(wǒmen)已经(yǐjīng)在一起(zàiyīqǐ)三年(sānnián)了(le)。

    We've been together for three years already.

  5. Dengdeng

    三年(sānnián)了(le)？可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)每次(měicì)都(dōu)说(shuō)，他(tā)是(shì)同事(tóngshì)。

    Three years? But every time you said he's a colleague.

  6. Qiqi

    因为(yīnwèi)你们(nǐmen)每次(měicì)只(zhǐ)问(wèn)吃什么(chīshénme)，从来(cónglái)没(méi)问过(wènguò)他(tā)是谁(shìshéi)。

    Because every time you only asked what to eat and never asked who he was.

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In a sentence

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01

我(wǒ)觉(jué)得(de)你(nǐ)应(yīng)该(gāi)跟(gēn)男(nán)友(yǒu)分(fēn)手(shǒu)。

I think that you should break up with your boyfriend.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sirpoot · English by Qt · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)跟(gēn)男(nán)友(yǒu)一(yì)起(qǐ)去(qù)看(kàn)电(diàn)影(yǐng)了(le)。

She went to see a movie with her boyfriend.

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