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<div class="pg_page_title">How do we express plural in Mandarin Chinese?</div> | |||
In Chinese, there is no suffix for showing plural. But when we are referring to a group of people, or animals sometimes, we can add 們/们 (men) after the word. | In Chinese, there is no suffix for showing plural. But when we are referring to a group of people, or animals sometimes, we can add 們/们 (men) after the word. | ||
For example: | For example: | ||
人(rén)[man] + 們/们 = 人們/人们 (rén men) [men] | * 人(rén)[man] + 們/们 = 人們/人们 (rén men) [men] | ||
老师（lǎo shī）[teacher] + 們/们 = 老师們/们（lǎo shī men）[teachers] | * 老师（lǎo shī）[teacher] + 們/们 = 老师們/们（lǎo shī men）[teachers] | ||
学生（xué shēng）[student] + 們/们 = 学生們/们（xué shēng men）[students] | * 学生（xué shēng）[student] + 們/们 = 学生們/们（xué shēng men）[students] | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 8 April 2022
How do we express plural in Mandarin Chinese?
In Chinese, there is no suffix for showing plural. But when we are referring to a group of people, or animals sometimes, we can add 們/们 (men) after the word.
For example:
- 人(rén)[man] + 們/们 = 人們/人们 (rén men) [men]
- 老师（lǎo shī）[teacher] + 們/们 = 老师們/们（lǎo shī men）[teachers]
- 学生（xué shēng）[student] + 們/们 = 学生們/们（xué shēng men）[students]