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

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:
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    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:
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    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

(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)
1st	inclusive	我 (wǒ)	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

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