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们
men
们 (men) means "plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 们 means
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
How 们 is used in grammar
们 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 1, suffixes.
Example sentences
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杀了他们Shā le tāmenKill them.
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你们呢？How about you?
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你们好！Hello!
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你们赢！You've won!
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他们呢？What about them?
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他们有。They have.
Words containing 们
- 我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our
- 他们tā menthey; them
- 你们nǐ menyou (plural)
- 人们rén menpeople
- 她们tā menthey; them (females)
- 它们tā menthey; them
- 咱们zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me…
- 哥们gē men(colloquial) dude; buddy; bro
- 哥们儿gē men rerhua form of 哥们
- 姐们jiě men(colloquial) close female friend; sis (between female friends)
- 爷们yé menmenfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
- 娘儿们niáng r men(dialect) woman; wife
- 亚们Yà menAmon (son of Manasseh)
- 阿们ā men(loanword) amen
- 图们市Tú mén ShìTumen, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州
- 孩子们hái zi menchildren
- 亲们qīn mendarlings; fans; followers
- 铁哥们tiě gē men(colloquial) very close male friends
- 姐们儿jiě men rerhua form of 姐们
- 弟兄们dì xiōng menbrothers; comrades; men
- 图们江Tú mén jiāngTumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North…
- 乃们nǎi menyou (plural) (slang alternative for 你们
- 爷们儿yé men rerhua variant of 爷们
- 图们Tú ménsee 图们市
Characters built on 门
These share the phonetic component 门 (mén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 问wènto ask; to inquire
- 闻wénto hear; news; well-known
- 闷mènbored; depressed; melancholy
- 扪ménlay hands on; to cover
- 阌wénwen xiang, Henan province
- 钔ménmendelevium (chemistry)
Characters that look like 们
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
Where 们 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 1 Characters · Set 1 (HSK 1), HSK 0 foundations: characters & pinyin mastered (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read men correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
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