咱們
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(inclusive) we | (plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns) | ||
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trad. (咱們/喒們/偺們) | 咱/喒/偺 | 們 | |
simp. (咱们) | 咱 | 们 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa1 mun4
- Jin (Wiktionary): za2 me
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄢˊ ˙ㄇㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zánme̊n
- Wade–Giles: tsan2-mên5
- Yale: dzán-men
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzarn.men
- Palladius: цзаньмэнь (czanʹmɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sän³⁵ mən³/
- (Standard Chinese, contraction)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄚㄇˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zám
- Wade–Giles: tsam2
- Yale: dzám
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: zam2
- Palladius: цзам (czam)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sam³⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: заму (zamu, I-II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sa²⁴ mou⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zaa1 mun4
- Yale: jā mùhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa1 mun4
- Guangdong Romanization: za1 mun4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saː⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: za2 me
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sa⁵³ mɤ¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
Pronoun
咱們
- (inclusive) we; us
- 咱們若說出來,把咱們釘鐐收監,還不定把咱們剮了呢? [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: 1890, 《續小五義》, chapter 23
- Zánmen ruò shuō chūlái, bǎ zánmen dìngliào shōujiān, hái bùdìng bǎ zánmen guǎ le ne? [Pinyin]
- If we tell him, what if he shackles us up and put us in prison, and even cut us up into pieces?
咱们若说出来,把咱们钉镣收监,还不定把咱们剐了呢? [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
Usage notes
咱們/咱们 (zánmen) is mostly used in Northern China. Unlike 我們/我们 (wǒmen) that can either include or exclude the person spoken to, 咱們/咱们 (zánmen) always includes the person spoken to. Furthermore, 咱們/咱们 (zánmen) tends to convey a sense of intimacy between the interlocutors.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 咱們 (“we; us (inclusive)”) [map]
See also
- 昝 (zǎn)
Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns | |||
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Person | Singular | Plural | |
1st | — | 我 (wǒ) | 我們/我们 (wǒmen) |
inclusive | 咱們/咱们 (zánmen) | ||
2nd | male/indefinite | 你 (nǐ) | 你們/你们 (nǐmen) |
female | 妳/你 (nǐ) | 妳們/你们 (nǐmen) | |
deity | 祢 (nǐ) | 祢們/祢们 (nǐmen) | |
polite | 您 (nín) | 你們/你们 (nǐmen) 您們/您们 (nínmen) | |
3rd | male/indefinite | 他 (tā) | 他們/他们 (tāmen) |
female | 她 (tā) | 她們/她们 (tāmen) | |
deity | 祂 (tā) | 祂們/祂们 (tāmen) | |
animal | 牠/它 (tā) | 牠們/它们 (tāmen) | |
inanimate | 它 (tā) | 它們/它们 (tāmen) |
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