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们

men

HSK 1 Character Traditional 們

What 们 means

1. plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

Example sentences

• 杀了他们
  Shā le tāmen
  Kill them.
• 你们呢？
  How about you?
• 你们好！
  Hello!
• 你们赢！
  You've won!
• 他们呢？
  What about them?
• 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.

• 仍réngstill; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often