吾們

Chinese

		I; my	(plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns)
trad. (吾們)		吾	們
simp. (吾们)		吾	们

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúmen

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ˙ㄇㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúmen
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ˙ㄇㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúme̊n
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-mên⁵
    • Yale: wú-men
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wu.men
    • Palladius: умэнь (umɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ mən³/

Pronoun

吾們

1. (obsolete, rare) we, us

   • 他說他東家萬雪齋有兩船鹽，也就在這兩日開江，託吾們在路上照應照應。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     他说他东家万雪斋有两船盐，也就在这两日开江，托吾们在路上照应照应。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Tā shuō tā dōngjiā Wàn Xuězhāi yǒu liǎng chuán yán, yě jiù zài zhè liǎng rì kāi jiāng, tuō wúmen zài lùshàng zhàoyìng zhàoyìng. [Pinyin]

     He said that his master, Wan Xuezhai, had two boatloads of salt, which will be sent off in the next couple of days, and entrusted us to take care of them on the way.