他們
Chinese
[edit]| he; him; other | (plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (他們) | 他 | 們 | |
| simp. (他们) | 他 | 们 | |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ta1 men2-1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): таму (tamu, II-I)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): taa1 mun4
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ta1 mun2
- Jin (Wiktionary): ta1 me
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ta-men
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ta1 men
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tame̊n
- Wade–Giles: tʻa1-mên5
- Yale: tā-men
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta.men
- Palladius: тамэнь (tamɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰä⁵⁵ mən²/
- Homophones:
[Show/Hide] 他們／他们
她們／她们
它們／它们
牠們／它们
祂們／祂们
- (Standard Chinese, contraction)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄚㄇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tam
- Wade–Giles: tʻam1
- Yale: tām
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tam1
- Palladius: там (tam)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰam⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ta1 men2-1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tamen
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰa⁵⁵ mən²¹⁻⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: таму (tamu, II-I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰa⁵¹ mou²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ta1 me
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰa¹¹ mɤ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thaⁿ--bûn
- Tâi-lô: thann--bûn
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha--bûn
- Tâi-lô: tha--bûn
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-bûn
- Tâi-lô: tha-bûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: ta'buun
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-bêng
- Tâi-lô: tha-bîng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ta'beeng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ta1 mung5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha mûng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰa³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: ta1 men
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰa̠³³ mən³/
- (Changsha)
Pronoun
[edit]他們
- (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Changsha Xiang, at least one male) they; them
- 凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就賜他們權柄作神的兒女。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 1:12
- Fán jiēdài tā de, jiù shì xìn tā míng de rén, tā jiù cì tāmen quánbǐng zuò Shén de érnǚ. [Pinyin]
- But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.
凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就赐他们权柄作神的儿女。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 他們 (“they”) [map]
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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