Mandarin for "ex-"

[lmcjipo]

I purchased the complete version of PlecoDict and I can't seem to find the word for "ex-wife" or "ex-girlfriend" in any of the dictionaries or maybe I'm just not looking for it properly.

Any ideas on what this is (in pinyin)?

I'm assuming that the ex-girlfriend would be something with "nu3 peng2you" or "qing2ren2" or "qing2fu4" (obtained from PlecoDict Oxford) and ex-wife would be something with "qi1" (also obtained from PlecoDict Oxford).

However, how would you say ex-girlfriend or ex-wife?


Thanks.

 

[jamesquek]

Well, if you had looked up "former", you'd have gotten your answer: 以前的(yi qian de). For ex-wife/ex-husband, you could just shorten it to 前妻/前夫(qianqi/qianfu), but for ex-gf or bf, I think you still need to use 以前的女/男朋友(yiqiande nv/nan pengyou).

 

[lmcjipo]

Well, if you had looked up "former", you'd have gotten your answer: 以前的(yi qian de). For ex-wife/ex-husband, you could just shorten it to 前妻/前夫(qianqi/qianfu), but for ex-gf or bf, I think you still need to use 以前的女/男朋友(yiqiande nv/nan pengyou).

Thanks.