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男朋友

nán péng you · nan peng you

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Meaning

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  1. boyfriend
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Which blue jacket?

  1. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)知道(zhīdào)吗(ma)？我(wǒ)男朋友(nánpéngyou)今天(jīntiān)要(yào)来(lái)北京(běijīng)。

    Guess what? My boyfriend is coming to Beijing today.

  2. Dengdeng

    你的(nǐde)男朋友(nánpéngyou)？我们(wǒmen)还(hái)没(méi)见过(jiànguò)他(tā)！

    Your boyfriend? We have not met him yet!

  3. Qiqi

    他(tā)穿(chuān)蓝色(lánsè)的(de)外套(wàitào)，你们(nǐmen)一眼(yīyǎn)就(jiù)能(néng)认出来(rènchūlái)。

    He wears a blue jacket. You will spot him at a glance.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那个(nàge)穿(chuān)蓝(lán)外套(wàitào)的(de)人(rén)是不是(shìbùshì)？

    Look, is that the person in a blue jacket?

  5. Qiqi

    不是(bùshì)他(tā)。他(tā)今天(jīntiān)换(huàn)了(le)灰(huī)外套(wàitào)，我(wǒ)也(yě)认不出来(rènbùchūlái)了(le)。

    Not him. He changed to a grey jacket today, and now I cannot recognise him either.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)有(yǒu)一(yí)个(gè)固(gù)定(dìng)的(de)男(nán)朋(péng)友(you)吗(ma)？

Do you have a steady boyfriend?

Tatoeba: Chinese by sissima · English by danepo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)跟(gēn)男(nán)朋(péng)友(you)一(yì)起(qǐ)去(qù)旅(lǚ)行(xíng)了(le)。

She went traveling with her boyfriend.

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男
nán

male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔděngjuéwèi)

朋
péng

friend

友
yǒu

friend

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