women

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 Translations 2 Mandarin 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Pronoun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.3 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English wīfmenn, from wīf + menn.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈwɪmɪn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈwɪmən/
•  Audio (UK)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪmɪn
• Hyphenation: wom‧en

[edit] Noun

women pl.

1. Plural form of woman.

   Three women went for a walk.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Synonyms

• females
• ladies

[edit] Antonyms

• men

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Mandarin

simplified	我们
traditional	我們

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ wo˨˩mən ]

[edit] Pronoun

women (Pinyin wǒmen, traditional 我們, simplified 我们)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) we; us
   • women shi pengyou.

   We are friends.

   • women xuexiao de jianshenfang you hen duo tiyu qixie.

   There are many items of sports apparatus in the gymnasium of our school.

   • suiran juli hen yuan, danshi Internet shǐ women kaojin.

   suīrán jùlí hěn yuǎn, dànshì Internet shǐ wǒmen kàojìn.

   虽然距离很远, 但是Internet使我们靠近.

   We are close with each other through the Internet, though far apart.

[edit] Related terms

• wo
• -men

[edit] Derived terms

• women de
• womenziji

[edit] See also

• (Min Nan) 阮 (gún or góan) (we: not including you)
• (Min Nan) 咱 (lán) (we: including you)