们 (們) men
men
suffix
plural
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: This character is used as a suffix to mark the plural for personal pronouns and human nouns. For example, 车夫们 'rickshaw drivers.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 200) It is pronounced in the neutral tone. It began to be used in this sense in spoken Chinese from the Song (Norman 1988, p. 121). 们 is the ninth most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Ho 2002, '们'; NCCED '们').
Contained in
- 同学们(同學們) classmates
- 咱们(咱們) we (inclusive)
- 朋友们(朋友們) friends
- 哥儿们(哥兒們) brothers; comrades
- 你们(你們) you (plural)
- 铁哥们(鐵哥們) very close male friends
- 孩子们(孩子們) children
- 我们都是来自五湖四海(我們都是來自五湖四海) we all come from different corners of the land
- 他们(他們) they
- 亚们(亞們) Amon (son of Manasseh)
- 哥们儿(哥們兒) brothers
- 俺们(俺們) us; we
- 她们(她們) them
- 弟兄们(弟兄們) brothers; comrades; men; brethren
- 科学家们(科學家們) scientists
- 它们(它們) them
- 娘儿们(娘兒們) woman; wife
- 哥们(哥們) Brothers!; brethren; dude; brother
- 我们(我們) we
- 老师们(老師們) teachers
- 街坊们(街坊們) neighbors
- 爷们(爺們) menfolk (collective term for men of different generations); husbands and their fathers etc
- 爷们儿(爺們兒) menfolk
- 亲们(親們) darlings; fans; followers
- 士兵们(士兵們) soldiers
- 男人们(男人們) men
- 阿们(阿們) amen
- 妇女们(婦女們) women
- 人们(人們) people
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 30
- 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 30
- 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 27
- 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
- 第二回 Chapter 71 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 23
- 第二回 Chapter 55 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 21
- 第二回 Chapter 11 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
- 第二回 Chapter 73 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
- 第二回 Chapter 3 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
- 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19