他们

• 拼音: tā men
• 汉字拆解: 他 = 亻(person) + 也 (phonetic); 们 = 亻(person) + 门 (door, phonetic) — plural marker

含义

They; them. The third-person plural pronoun for males or mixed groups.

Used to refer to a group of people. When the group contains at least one male, or when gender is unspecified, 他们 is used rather than 她们. The plural suffix 们 is added to singular pronouns to form plurals.

例句

1. 他们是我的朋友。
2. 他们在打篮球。
3. 我和他们一起吃饭。

用法指南

语境: reference, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 他们都是学生。(They are all students.)
• 你认识他们吗？(Do you know them?)

错误说法

• 他们是好的人们。(Redundant — say 他们是好人; do not add 们 to 人 after 他们 since plurality is already expressed)

起源与历史

A combination of 他 (he) and 们 (plural suffix). The suffix 们 was adopted in vernacular Chinese to mark plurality in pronouns.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal