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咱们

zán men

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 咱們

咱们 (zán men) means "we/us (inclusive)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 咱们 means

1. we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
2. dialectI or me
3. dialect(in a coaxing or familiar way) you
4. also pr. zá men

The characters in 咱们

• 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
• 们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

Example sentences

• 咱们聊聊吧！
  Let's have a chat.
• 咱们回顾一下。
  Zánmen huígù yīxià.
  Let's review.
• 咱们都是学生。
  Both you and I are students.
• 咱们穿马路吧。
  Let's cross the street.
• 咱们AA制吧。
  Let's split the bill.
• 咱们点两瓶吧。
  Let's order two bottles.

Where 咱们 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social relationships & family (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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