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men

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men Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
men | men5
English translation
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
plural marker for pronouns and some nouns

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About men

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

men

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Suffix / 后缀 hòu zhuì Hòuzhuì

Learning hint

people

Etymology of men

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻门

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Mén

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and Mén represents the sound.

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Example sentences using men

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老师 lǎoshī de 学生 xuésheng men dōu Xiè chū 那道.

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

dāng 所有 suǒyǒu de 庄稼 zhuāngjia dōu 安全 ānquán 入仓 Hòu , 农民 nóngmín men 便 biàn 可以 kěyǐ 休息 xiūxi le .

When all the crops are safely gathered in, the farmers can rest.

渔民 yúmín men tuō jìn 船舱 chuán cāng .

The fishermen hauled the fish into the port.

克鲁: 什么 shénme ? 我们 wǒmen huì de . āi yōu !

C: What? We are gonna die of thirst. Oh no!

jiā 旅馆 lǚ guǎn qiāo le 我们 wǒmen 一笔 Qián .

They fleeced us at that hotel.

Words with men

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
我们 wǒmen we我們
他们 tā men they他們
你们 nǐ men you (plural)你們
men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals men
人们 rén men people人們
它们 tā men they (for inanimate objects)它們
她们 tā men they她們
咱们 zámen (dialect) I or me咱們
孩子们 hái zi men children孩子們
哥们 gē men Brothers!哥們
哥们儿 gē men r Brothers!哥們兒
爷们 yé men husbands and their fathers etc爺們
弟兄们 dì xiōng men brothers弟兄們
爷们儿 yé men r husbands and their fathers etc爺們兒
娘儿们 niáng r men wife娘兒們
图们江 Tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省 Jí lín Shěng , forming the eastern border between China and North Korea圖們江
图们 Tú mén Tumen county level city in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 Yán biān Cháo xiǎn zú Zì zhì zhōu , Jilin圖們
图们市 Tú mén Shì Tumen county level city in Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 Yán biān Cháo xiǎn zú Zì zhì zhōu , Jilin圖們市
铁哥们 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends鐵哥們

men Decomposition & Compounds

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men Decomposition

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