Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "咱", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "咱", and master the standard way of writing the character "咱".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 咱
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "咱" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
咱
zán
1. I: 我不懂他的话。
2. We: 我们; 咱们; 咱们俩。
3. Referring to both sides in a dialogue: 比如: 咱们。
4. Plural form for the speaker's side: 咱各; 咱彼各。
5. Used at the end of an imperative sentence to indicate a suggestion, equivalent to "let's": 张二哥,咱进去咱。
6. Used at the end of a statement to indicate intent: 我试理一曲消遣咱。
7. How; what: 咱个; 怎么。
8. Dialect form meaning "sometime in the future; some day": 这咱; 多咱。
9. Referring to oneself: 咱家。
10. For detailed reference, see the entry for "咱家".
The character "咱" has various usages primarily in the context of first-person pronouns and inclusive language to refer to oneself and others in conversation. It also appears in dialect forms to express temporal notions.
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5]