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他们

tā men

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 他們

他们 (tā men) means "they (men, or a mixed group)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 他们 means

1. they; them

The characters in 他们

• 他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his…
• 们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

Example sentences

• 杀了他们
  Shā le tāmen
  Kill them.
• 他们呢？
  What about them?
• 他们有。
  They have.
• 他们走。
  They leave.
• 他们在吃饭
  They are eating.
• 别看他们。
  Bié kàn tāmen.
  Don't look at them.

Sounds the same

Read tā men, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 她们they; them (females)
• 它们they; them

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tā men correctly.
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