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(wǒ men) - we, us in Mandarin

men

Traditional: 我們

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Translation

we, us

Word origin

A two-character pronoun, we or us. 我 (wǒ) 'I' plus the plural suffix 们 (men), which has the 亻 'person' radical with 门 (mén) as phonetic and marks human plurals.

Origin
compound
Root
我 (wǒ, 'I') + 们 (men, human plural suffix)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 我

Stroke order for 们

Examples

We are friends.

Let's go together.

He doesn't know us.

We have a meeting tomorrow.

The teacher is waiting for us.

我们 (wǒmen) is the first-person plural pronoun meaning we or us.

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