Chinese Plural

If you're trying to learn Chinese Plural which is also called Mandarin, check our courses about Plural and Singular... to help you with your Chinese grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Chinese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!

Chinese Plural

Learning the Chinese Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Chinese language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Chinese.

Chinese Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers.

Except for people there is no plural in Chinese, the character men is used for plural, but only for people. Just put 们 men behind a noun denoting people and you have the plural see pronouns! 老师们 lǎo shī men teachers. Here are some examples:

As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Chinese has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Mandarin.

List of Plurals in Chinese

Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Chinese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Chinese vocabulary.

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