Usages of shìyǒu
她 和 室友 在 图书馆 复习 了 三 个 小时 了， 还 不 想 回 家。tā hé shìyǒu zài túshūguǎn fùxí le sān gè xiǎoshí le, hái bù xiǎng huí jiā.
She and her roommate have been reviewing in the library for three hours and still don’t want to go home.
我 的 室友 有时候 会 把 护照 放 在 书 里， 所以 总是 找 不 到。wǒ de shìyǒu yǒushíhou huì bǎ hùzhào fàng zài shū li, suǒyǐ zǒngshì zhǎo bú dào.
Sometimes my roommate puts the passport inside a book, so she can never find it.
我 希望 明年 能 跟 室友 一起 去 别的 城市 旅游。wǒ xīwàng míngnián néng gēn shìyǒu yìqǐ qù biéde chéngshì lǚyóu.
I hope to travel to another city with my roommate next year.
我 和 室友 在 房间 里 一直 聊天， 聊天 了 两 个 小时。wǒ hé shìyǒu zài fángjiān lǐ yìzhí liáotiān, liáotiān le liǎng gè xiǎoshí.
My roommate and I kept chatting in the room; we chatted for two hours.
我 去 食堂 吃饭 的 时候， 顺便 帮 室友 带 了 一 杯 咖啡。wǒ qù shítáng chīfàn de shíhou, shùnbiàn bāng shìyǒu dài le yì bēi kāfēi.
When I went to the cafeteria to eat, I also brought a cup of coffee for my roommate.
她 忘了 带 钥匙， 只好 在 门口 等 室友 来 开门。tā wàngle dài yàoshi, zhǐhǎo zài ménkǒu děng shìyǒu lái kāimén.
She forgot to bring her keys, so she had no choice but to wait at the door for her roommate to open it.
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