<p>Your understanding is without problem.</p>

<p>It could mean both or more.</p>

<p>But in the article you gave, it is obvious that the man the author called to be her boyfriend turns out to be a lousy camera operator, who always makes the author an uglier girl than she really is in life.</p>

<p>Chinese language is tricky, not good for law, but good for game. There are tons of stories of match-makers and fortune-tellers in this regard in China.</p>

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2017-11-27T11:05:33.357Z
Yeah, The girl complains him, that's why she said 他走得很安详, which is a popular web slang(he died in peace) for twisting the story.
sfy
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NanningYouth
<p>Firstly, I agree to the above answers that the 不会 here means 'not be able to'. It can also be replaced by 不知道 or 不懂 or 不晓得 etc in this context. </p>

<p>Secondly, anyone wondered what happened to the boyfriend? Why did he 走得很安详?! Clicked into the linked article...is that a...poem? </p>

<p>Lastly, yes I wrote 走<strong>得</strong>很安详 in stead of 走<strong>的</strong>很安详 as 的 shouldn't be used if it's after a verb. So I was told back in school. But not many seem to care about that anymore...</p>

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2017-11-24T07:35:21.977Z
the word 安详 is generally used to describe "(dead) without any painful". And 走 (leave away) means "dead" in the context. Maybe it is just ridicule.
tsh
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Natsu_ZW
<p>(LOL this article)</p>

<p>The breakdown translation is not accurate.</p>

<p>In this sentence 不会, it means 'don't know how' because here 会 means 'know how to do something'.</p>

<p>So, this combined with 拍照 means that: don't know how to take a picture</p>

<p>The translation should be:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>I have a boyfriend who doesn't know how to take a (good) photo.</p>
</blockquote>

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K. Bella
<p>The phrase is ambiguous as it could mean:</p>

<ol>
<li>A boyfriend who won't take pictures. (as you have assumed)</li>
<li>A boyfriend who doesn't know how to take pictures.</li>
</ol>

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2018-07-05T19:14:39.860Z
Point 1 and 2 is reasonable but not the answer. The real meaning here is basically: "A boyfriend who is not good at photography".
Bruce Huang
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The Lyrist
<p>会 means 能，善于, 'able to'. </p>

<p>不会: 不善于，不能，unable to</p>

<p>不会拍照的男友 means the boyfriend who does not know how to take photographs. </p>

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dan
<p>I was looking at <a href="http://inews.ifeng.com/52929172/news.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this article</a> which has the title:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>从前我有一个不会拍照的男友，后来他走的很安详…<br>
  <sub>Cóngqián wǒ yǒu yīgè bùhuì pāizhào de nányǒu, hòulái tā zǒu de hěn ānxiáng…</sub></p>
</blockquote>

<p>I'm interested in breaking down 一个不会拍照的男友:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">一个</a> (yīgè) = one</li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">不会</a> (bùhuì) = will not </li>
<li><a href="http://dict.cn/%E6%8B%8D%E7%85%A7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">拍照</a> (pāizhào) = to take a picture</li>
<li>男友 (nányǒu) seems to be short for <a href="http://dict.cn/%E7%94%B7%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B" rel="nofollow noreferrer">男朋友</a> (nánpéngyǒu) = boyfriend</li>
</ul>

<p>So, the person writing the article had a boyfriend who will not "take a picture".  I don't know if this means:</p>

<ol>
<li>the boyfriend refuses to be photographed, or</li>
<li>the boyfriend refuses to take photographs.</li>
</ol>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: Does a 不会拍照的男友 not want to be photographed or not want to take photographs?</p>

<grammar><meaning>
Does a 不会拍照的男友 not want to be photographed or not want to take photographs?
# Does a 不会拍照的男友 not want to be photographed or not want to take photographs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-04)

I was looking at [this article](http://inews.ifeng.com/52929172/news.shtml) which has the title:

> 从前我有一个不会拍照的男友，后来他走的很安详…  
> Cóngqián wǒ yǒu yīgè bùhuì pāizhào de nányǒu, hòulái tā zǒu de hěn ānxiáng…

I'm interested in breaking down 一个不会拍照的男友:

* [一个](http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%AA) (yīgè) = one
* [不会](http://dict.cn/%E4%B8%8D%E4%BC%9A) (bùhuì) = will not
* [拍照](http://dict.cn/%E6%8B%8D%E7%85%A7) (pāizhào) = to take a picture
* 男友 (nányǒu) seems to be short for [男朋友](http://dict.cn/%E7%94%B7%E6%9C%8B%E5%8F%8B) (nánpéngyǒu) = boyfriend

So, the person writing the article had a boyfriend who will not "take a picture". I don't know if this means:

1. the boyfriend refuses to be photographed, or
2. the boyfriend refuses to take photographs.

**Question**: Does a 不会拍照的男友 not want to be photographed or not want to take photographs?

**Tags:** grammar, meaning


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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_8 on 2017-11-04. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

会 means 能，善于, 'able to'.

不会: 不善于，不能，unable to

不会拍照的男友 means the boyfriend who does not know how to take photographs.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-05. Score: 2

Your understanding is without problem.

It could mean both or more.

But in the article you gave, it is obvious that the man the author called to be her boyfriend turns out to be a lousy camera operator, who always makes the author an uglier girl than she really is in life.

Chinese language is tricky, not good for law, but good for game. There are tons of stories of match-makers and fortune-tellers in this regard in China.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Yeah, The girl complains him, that's why she said 他走得很安详, which is a popular web slang(he died in peace) for twisting the story.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-11-23. Score: 1

Firstly, I agree to the above answers that the 不会 here means 'not be able to'. It can also be replaced by 不知道 or 不懂 or 不晓得 etc in this context.

Secondly, anyone wondered what happened to the boyfriend? Why did he 走得很安详?! Clicked into the linked article...is that a...poem?

Lastly, yes I wrote 走**得**很安详 in stead of 走**的**很安详 as 的 shouldn't be used if it's after a verb. So I was told back in school. But not many seem to care about that anymore...

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: the word 安详 is generally used to describe "(dead) without any painful". And 走 (leave away) means "dead" in the context. Maybe it is just ridicule.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2017-11-15. Score: 1

(LOL this article)

The breakdown translation is not accurate.

In this sentence 不会, it means 'don't know how' because here 会 means 'know how to do something'.

So, this combined with 拍照 means that: don't know how to take a picture

The translation should be:

> I have a boyfriend who doesn't know how to take a (good) photo.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-07-05. Score: 0

The phrase is ambiguous as it could mean:

1. A boyfriend who won't take pictures. (as you have assumed)
2. A boyfriend who doesn't know how to take pictures.

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: Point 1 and 2 is reasonable but not the answer. The real meaning here is basically: "A boyfriend who is not good at photography".  

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