它們

See also: 它们 and 牠們

Chinese

		it (used for things)	(plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns)
trad. (它們)		它	們
simp. (它们*)		它	们

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāmen, tām

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ, ㄊㄚㄇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taa¹ mun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thaⁿ--bûn / tha--bûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāmen
    • 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]
      edit edit 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: tām
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚㄇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tam
    • Wade–Giles: tʻam¹
    • Yale: tām
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tam1
    • Palladius: там (tam)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰam⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taa¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: tā mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taa¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ta¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaː⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 他們／他们 她們／她们 它們／它们 牠們／它们 祂們／祂们

• 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

Pronoun

它們

1. (inanimate) they; them

   • 但熱鬧是它們的，我什麼也沒有。 [MSC, trad.]
     但热闹是它们的，我什么也没有。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 朱自清《荷塘月色》

     Dàn rènao shì tāmen de, wǒ shénme yě méiyǒu. [Pinyin]

     But the excitement is theirs; I have nothing.

See also

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)

• (Cantonese) 佢哋 (keoi5 dei6)
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 𪜶 (in)
• (Wu) 伊拉