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What 们 means

plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals

Pictophonetic: semantic 亻 (people), phonetic 门

Made of 亻 + 门

Words with 们

• 我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our
• 他们tā menthey; them
• 你们nǐ menyou (plural)
• 它们tā menthey; them
• 人们rén menpeople
• 她们tā menthey; them (females)
• 咱们zán menwe or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]
• 哥们gē menBrothers!; brethren; dude (colloquial); brother (diminutive form of address between males)
• 弟兄们dì xiōng menbrothers; comrades; men; brethren
• 爷们yé menmenfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
• 孩子们hái zi menchildren
• 亲们qīn mendarlings; fans; followers; short form of 親愛的們|亲爱的们

们 in a sentence

• 为什么你不来看我们？

  wèi shén me nǐ bù lái kàn wǒ men ？

  Why don't you come visit us?

• 他们都是一样的吗？

  tā men dōu shì yí yàng de ma ？

  Are they all the same?

• 你们为什么想今天走？

  nǐ men wèi shén me xiǎng jīn tiān zǒu ？

  Why do you want to leave today?

• 人们说爱情是盲目的。

  rén men shuō ài qíng shì máng mù dì 。

  They say love is blind.

• 咱们停止争吵和好吧。

  zán men tíng zhǐ zhēng chǎo hé hǎo ba 。

  Let's patch up our argument.

Characters that sound like 们

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