Language/Mandarin-chinese/Grammar/Plural

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]

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