HSK 4 · Function Words

咱们 zánmen “we” in Chinese

Traditional 咱們

What 咱们 means

  1. we
  2. us (including the person you are talking to)
  3. we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)
  4. (dialect) I or me
  5. (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you

How to say 咱们

    咱们 in a sentence

    1. 咱们一起去图书馆学习，你看怎么样？

      Zánmen yìqǐ qù túshūguǎn xuéxí, nǐ kàn zěnmeyàng?

      Shall we go and study at the library together? What do you think?

      Sentence #760597 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 咱们俩是朋友。

      Zánmen liǎ shì péngyou.

      You and I are friends.

      Sentence #1872712 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    3. 咱们去吃饭吧。

      Zánmen qù chīfàn ba.

      Let’s go and eat.

      Sentence #4760043 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    How 咱们 is built

    Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

    The character 咱 (zán) with each of its parts in a different colour
    咱zánI or me
    • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
    • 自self · zìSound part

    口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 自 (zì) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 们 (men) with each of its parts in a different colour
    们menplural marker for pronouns
    • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
    • 门gate · ménSound part

    亻 hints at the meaning (person); 门 (mén) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    How to write 咱们

    咱 9 strokes · 们 5 strokes

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    咱们 (zánmen) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
    Stroke order chart for 咱们 (zánmen). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

    Words related to 咱们

    Words with 们

    们men · plural marker for pronouns我们wǒmen · we你们nǐmen · you (plural)他们tāmen · they它们tāmen · they (for inanimate objects)她们tāmen · they人们rénmen · people

    More words: Particles & Connectors

    由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon与yǔ · and原来yuánlái · original真正zhēnzhèng · genuine正好zhènghǎo · just (in time)之zhī · of (formal equivalent of 的)值得zhíde · to be worth

    FAQs

    咱们 (zánmen) means “we” or “us (including the person you are talking to)”. It is an HSK 4 word.
    Say it zánmen: zánmen. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 咱们 is written 咱們. The pronunciation is the same.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zanmen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 咱们 from the suggestions. Typing zanmen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    咱们 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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    Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.