# 他們
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tāmen, tām
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ, ㄊㄚㄇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ta$^1$ men$^{2-1}$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): таму (tamu, II-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taa$^1$ mun$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ta$^1$ mun$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ta$^1$ me
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thaⁿ--bûn / tha--bûn / tha-bûn / tha-bêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ta$^1$ mung$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ta-men
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ta$^1$ men
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tāmen
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄚ ˙ㄇㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tame̊n
*** Wade–Giles: tʻa$^1$-mên$^5$
*** Yale: tā-men
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ta.men
*** Palladius: тамэнь (tamɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰä⁵⁵ mən²/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$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: tʻam$^1$
*** Yale: tām
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tam1
*** Palladius: там (tam)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰam⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ta$^1$ men$^{2-1}$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tamen
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰa⁵⁵ mən²¹⁻⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: таму (tamu, II-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰa⁵¹ mou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taa$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Yale: tā mùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taa$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ta$^1$ mun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaː⁵⁵ muːn²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$他們／他们 她們／她们 它們／它们 牠們／它们 祂們／祂们
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ta$^1$ mun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³⁵ mun¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ta$^1$ me
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰa¹¹ mɤ²/
* 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
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-bûn
*** Tâi-lô: tha-bûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ta'buun
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bun²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tha-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: tha-bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ta'beeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ta$^1$ mung$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tha mûng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰa³³⁻²³ muŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ta-men
*** MiniDict: ta$^平$ men
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ta-men
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ta⁵⁵ mən²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ta$^1$ men
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰa̠³³ mən³/

### Pronoun

他們
* (chiefly Mandarin, Jin, Changsha Xiang, at least one male) they; them
       Tāmen yǒu qīnshǔ guānxi. [Pinyin]
       They are related.
       Tāmen dōu láizì nóngcūn. [Pinyin]
       They are all from the countryside.
       Tāmen hǎojiǔ méiyǒu tōngxìn le. [Pinyin]
       They haven't written to each other for a long time.
       Shìshíshàng, wǒmen zài kēyán fāngmiàn yuǎnyuǎn chāoguò tāmen. [Pinyin]
       As a matter of fact, we are far ahead of them in scientific research.
       Wǒ juéde tāmen zuò de hěn hǎo, yīnggāi gěi tāmen zhǎng gōngzī, fā hóngbāo. [Pinyin]
       I think they have done a good job, so we should raise their wages and give them red envelopes.
    From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 約翰福音 (John) 1:12
    Fán jiēdài tā de, jiù shì xìn tā míng de rén, tā jiù cì tāmen quánbǐng zuò Shén de érnǚ. [Pinyin]
    But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 彼, 之, 其, 渠等 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 他們 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 他們 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 他們, 他這夥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 他這些兒, 他乜些兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 他們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 伢都, 他底, 他 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 他的, 他們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 他們, 家們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 那們, 他們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 他們, 他家們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Xiakuojie) | 他哋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 他們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 他們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 他們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 他們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 他恁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 他們 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 佢哋, 佢人 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 佢俚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 佢啲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 佢班人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 佢俚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 佢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 㑢 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 佢人 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 呢人 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 佢哋 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 佢哋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 佢們, 佢個裡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 佢多 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 他俚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 佢等人 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 佢兜人 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 佢大家 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 厥兜人 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 厥哋 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 佢等 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 佢等 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 他兜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 佢兜儕, 佢兜人 |
| Hakka | Changting | 佢儕們 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 佢嫩人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 佢嫩人 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 佢等人, 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 佢大沙, 佢大儕 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 佢等人, 佢多人 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 佢底 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 佢班人, 佢班 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 佢郎人 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 佢子人 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 佢人 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 佢們 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 佢等 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 厥等, 厥該兜人 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢這兜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 佢人 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 厥兜, 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 佢俚 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 他們 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 佢人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 佢大家人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 佢哋, 佢啲人 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingjiao) | 佢人, 佢兜人 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 佢兜, 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 厥兜 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 佢儕 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 佢儕, 佢兜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 佢兜儕 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 佢人 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 他們 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 他們 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 他們 |
| Jin | Linhe | 他們 |
| Jin | Jining | 他們 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 他們 |
| Jin | Baotou | 他們 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 他們 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 他們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 佢夥人, 佢人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伊各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 伊各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 伊各儂 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 伊各儂 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 伊夥 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 伊儂, 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 伊儂, 𪜶 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 伊儂, 伊阿眾 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 伊儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 伊儂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 伊輩 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𪜶 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 佢人 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 伊呀儂 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 伊儂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 佢哋 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 他哋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 伊拉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 是渠拉 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 伊勒 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 俚篤, 俉篤 |
| Wu | Danyang | 他己 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 他們 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 渠拉, 渠 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 渠倈 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 渠浪 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 渠道 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 他們 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 他㑲 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 他哩 |

#### Derived terms

* 他們倆／他们俩 (tāmen liǎ)

### See also

Standard Mandarin Chinese personal pronouns :
| Person | 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) |
| 2nd | female | 妳／你 (nǐ) | 妳們／你们 (nǐmen) |
| 2nd | deity | 祢 (nǐ) | 祢們／祢们 (nǐmen) |
| 2nd | polite | 您 (nín) | 你們／你们 (nǐmen) 您們／您们 (nínmen) |
| 3rd | male/indefinite | 他 (tā) | 他們／他们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | female | 她 (tā) | 她們／她们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | deity | 祂 (tā) | 祂們／祂们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | animal | 牠／它 (tā) | 牠們／它们 (tāmen) |
| 3rd | inanimate | 它 (tā) | 它們／它们 (tāmen) |