咱們

See also: 咱们 and 偺們

Chinese

		(inclusive) we	(plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns)
trad. (咱們/喒們/偺們)		咱/喒/偺	們
simp. (咱们)		咱	们

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zánmen, zám

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄢˊ ˙ㄇㄣ, ㄗㄚㄇˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): заму (zamu, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa¹ mun⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): za² me

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zánmen
    • 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: zám
    • 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.)

• 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/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: za² me
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sa⁵³ mɤ¹/

Pronoun

咱們

1. (inclusive) we; us

   哇，雨停了！咱們出去玩吧！ [MSC, trad.]
   哇，雨停了！咱们出去玩吧！ [MSC, simp.]

   Wa, yǔ tíng le! Zánmen chūqù wán ba! [Pinyin]

   Wow, the rain stopped! Let's go out and play!

   我媽說咱們倆不合適。 [MSC, trad.]
   我妈说咱们俩不合适。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ mā shuō zánmen liǎ bù héshì. [Pinyin]

   My mum said the two of us are not right for each other.

   他是咱們村裡讀書最多的人。 [MSC, trad.]
   他是咱们村里读书最多的人。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shì zánmen cūn lǐ dúshū zuì duō de rén. [Pinyin]

   He has read the most books out of anyone in our village.

   • 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.]
     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.]

     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?

   • 匈奴以為咱們是要引他們過來，一定不敢打咱們。 [MSC, trad.]
     匈奴以为咱们是要引他们过来，一定不敢打咱们。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2002, 林汉达 et al. (editor), 《新版上下五千年》, volume 1, page 314

     Xiōngnú yǐwèi zánmen shì yào yǐn tāmen guòlái, yīdìng bùgǎn dǎ zánmen. [Pinyin]

     The Xiongnu think we wanted to entice them to come; they won't dare attack us.

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]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		咱們, 你我
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	咱們, 咱1
	Taiwan	我們 †
	Langfang	咱們
	Ulanhot	咱們
	Tongliao	咱們
	Chifeng	咱們
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	咱們
	Harbin	咱們
	Malaysia	我們 †
	Singapore	我們 †
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	咱們
	Cangzhou	咱們
	Baoding	咱們
	Shijiazhuang	咱們
	Jinan	咱們, 咱1, 咱這夥
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	咱1
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	咱們
	Daming	咱
	Wanrong	咱底, 咱1
	Xi'an	咱1, 咱的
	Dingbian	咱們
	Xuzhou	咱1
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	咱們
	Bayanhot	咱們
	Ürümqi	咱們
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	我們 †
	Wuhan	我們 †
	Guiyang	我們 †
	Guilin	我們 †
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	我們 †
	Yangzhou	我們 †, 們 †
	Hefei	我們 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	我哋 †
	Hong Kong	我哋 †
	Macau	我哋 †
	Taishan	我 †
	Dongguan	我哋 †
	Yangjiang	偔 †
	Baise	我哋 †
	Qinzhou	我哋 †
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	我哋 †
	Singapore (Guangfu)	我哋 †
Gan	Nanchang	我個裡 †, 我等 †, 我們 †
	Pingxiang	巷滕
Hakka	Meixian	𠊎等人 †, 𠊎等 †, 齊儕
	Xingning	𠊎齊家
	Huidong (Daling)	𠊎俚
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𠊎俚
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𠊎俚
	Changting	𠊎等人
	Wuping	𠊎嫩人 †
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𠊎等人 †, 𠊎兜 †
	Liancheng	𠊎大沙
	Ninghua	𠊎人 †
	Yudu	𠊎尼
	Ruijin	𠊎班
	Shicheng	𠊎人
	Shangyou (Shexi)	𠊎子人 †
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𫣆兜, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆俚, 𫣆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𠊎等 †, 𠊎等人 †
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𫣆俚, 吾俚, 𠊎俚, 𫣆兜, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𫣆等, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𫣆兜, 𫣆這兜, 𫣆俚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𫣆人, 𫣆
	Bobai (Shahe)	𠊎人 †
	Bobai (Lingping)	𠊎哋 †, 𠊎啲人 †
	Bobai (Lingjiao)	𠊎人 †
	Kuching (Hepo)	我儕 †
Jin	Taiyuan	咱們, 咱1
	Xinzhou	咱們, 咱1
	Taibus (Baochang)	咱們
	Linhe	咱們
	Jining	咱們
	Hohhot	咱們
	Baotou	咱們
	Dongsheng	咱們
	Haibowan	咱們
	Zhangjiakou	咱們
	Handan	咱都
Northern Min	Jian'ou	俺夥人, 俺人, 俺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儂家各儂, 儂家儂, 儂家
Southern Min	Xiamen	咱3, 咱儂
	Quanzhou	咱3, 咱儂
	Zhangzhou	咱3, 咱儂
	Zhangpu	咱3
	Dongshan	咱3
	Tainan	咱3
	Penang (Hokkien)	咱3, 咱儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	咱3, 咱儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	咱3
	Longyan	咱儂, 咱3
	Zhangping	咱儂
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	咱儂
	Datian	那夥
	Chaozhou	咱3
	Shantou	咱3
	Jieyang	咱3
	Singapore (Teochew)	咱3
	Pontianak (Teochew)	咱3
	Leizhou	咱3, 咱阿眾
	Wenchang	咱儂, 咱3
	Haikou	咱儂, 咱3
	Singapore (Hainanese)	咱3
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	我哋 †
Wu	Shanghai	阿拉 †, 我伲 †, 伲 †
	Suzhou	伲 †
	Danyang	我己 †
	Ningbo	阿拉 †
	Wenzhou	卬你, 卬你倈
	Jinhua	我自浪, 我匠, 自浪, 匠
Xiang	Changsha	我們 †
	Shuangfeng	我哩 †, 卬哩 †
Note	† - no distinction of clusivity

See also

• 昝 (zǎn)

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)