们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals syn 失误 失誤 shī wù lapse / mistake / to make a mistake / fault / service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) syn 上网 上網 shàng wǎng to go online / to connect to the Internet / (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet / (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net 接球 jiē qiú to receive a served ball (volleyball, tennis etc) / to catch a ball thrown by sb syn 排球 pái qiú volleyball / CL:個|个[ge4] 爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn 男厕 男廁 nán cè men's restroom / men's toilet 拦网 攔網 lán wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / to block syn 女排 nǚ pái women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球 千军万马 千軍萬馬 qiān jūn wàn mǎ magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) / impressive display of manpower / all the King's horses and all the King's men syn 男篮 男籃 nán lán men's basketball / men's basketball team 弟兄们 弟兄們 dì xiōng men brothers / comrades / men / brethren 连击 連擊 lián jī to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact 男足 nán zú abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team 大球 dà qiú sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls / see also 小球[xiao3 qiu2] 沙滩排球 沙灘排球 shā tān pái qiú beach volleyball 郎平 láng píng Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach 封网 封網 fēng wǎng to intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc) / (computing) to seal off a network syn 我们 我們 wǒ men we / us / ourselves / our syn 他们 他們 tā men they / them syn 你们 你們 nǐ men you (plural) syn 男人 nán rén a man / a male / men / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 它们 它們 tā men they / them syn 她们 她們 tā men they / them (females) syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 人们 人們 rén men people syn 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") syn 咱们 咱們 zán men 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] syn 哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers! / brethren / dude (colloquial) / brother (diminutive form of address between males) syn 哥们儿 哥們兒 gē men r erhua variant of 哥們|哥们[ge1 men5] syn 师傅 師傅 shī fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 风度 風度 fēng dù elegance (for men) / elegant demeanor / grace / poise syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn 长袍 長袍 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:件[jian4] syn 男装 男裝 nán zhuāng men's clothes 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 衙门 衙門 yá men yamen, government office in dynastic China syn 官兵 guān bīng (military) officers and soldiers / officers and men / (old) government troops syn 贞节 貞節 zhēn jié chastity / virginity (of women) / moral integrity (of men) / loyalty / constancy syn 男双 男雙 nán shuāng men's doubles (in tennis, badminton etc) 男单 男單 nán dān men's singles (in tennis, badminton etc) 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 道袍 dào páo Taoist robe / traditional men's gown syn 须眉 鬚眉 xū méi man or men (formal) syn 官差 guān chāi official business / government workmen / odd-job men 憋闷 憋悶 biē men to feel oppressed / to be depressed / to feel dejected syn 他们的 他們的 tā men de their / theirs 同学们 同學們 tóng xué men classmates / fellow students 孩子们 孩子們 hái zi men children 女士们 女士們 nǚ shì men ladies 先生们 先生們 xiān sheng men gentlemen 铁哥们 鐵哥們 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 名人录 名人錄 míng rén lù record of famous men / anthology of biographies 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom) / fig. an effortless victory syn 遗民 遺民 yí mín (lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group 爷们儿 爺們兒 yé men r erhua variant of 爺們|爷们[ye2 men5] 男女授受不亲 男女授受不親 nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius) 男子篮球 男子籃球 nán zǐ lán qiú men's basketball 闷 悶 mēn stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly syn 闷 悶 mèn bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed syn 焖 燜 mèn to cook in a covered vessel / to casserole / to stew syn 男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages 人迹罕至 人跡罕至 rén jì hǎn zhì lit. men's footprints are rare (idiom) / fig. off the beaten track / lonely / deserted syn 人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn 男女老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old / everybody 授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women 钔 鍆 mén mendelevium (chemistry) 扪 捫 mén lay hands on / to cover 懑 懣 mèn melancholy syn 穈 mén porridge / rice sprouts 襆 fú (bound form) a kind of headscarf worn by men in ancient China (variant of 幞[fu2]) / variant of 袱[fu2] / Taiwan pr. [pu2] 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ three men talking makes a tiger (idiom) / repeated rumor becomes a fact 三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn 仁人义士 仁人義士 rén rén yì shì those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision 死无对证 死無對證 sǐ wú duì zhèng the dead cannot testify (idiom) / dead men tell no tales 四海之内皆兄弟 四海之內皆兄弟 sì hǎi zhī nèi jiē xiōng dì all men are brothers 黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom) 郑人争年 鄭人爭年 zhèng rén zhēng nián Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel 男尊女卑 nán zūn nǚ bēi to regard men as superior to women (idiom) 男男性接触者 nán nán xìng jiē chù zhě men who have sex with men / men having sex with men 男男性行为者 男男性行為者 men who have sex with men / men having sex with men 酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷 jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì , sè bù mí rén rén zì mí wine doesn't make men drunk: men get themselves intoxicated. Lust does not overpower men: men surrender themselves to lust 不让须眉 不讓鬚眉 bù ràng xū méi (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc / to be a match for men / lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows) 叩球 kòu qiú spike (volleyball) 险球 險球 xiǎn qiú dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc) 杀球 殺球 shā qiú to spike the ball (volleyball etc) / to smash (tennis etc) 阿们 阿們 ā men amen (loanword) 璊 mén (gem) / rouge 他们都 他們都 tā men dōu all of them 我们自己 我們自己 wǒ men zì jǐ ourselves 樠 mén elm / gum 亚们 亞們 yà men Amon (son of Manasseh) 五人墓碑记 五人墓碑記 wǔ rén mù bēi jì Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1xian2] during the late Ming dynasty 人迹罕 人跡罕 rén jì hǎn lit. men's footprints are rare / off the beaten track 剃发令 剃髮令 tì fà lìng the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646 吧托 bā tuō scam girl / woman who lures men to an exorbitantly priced bar 酒吧[jiu3 ba1] 