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tamen

Tamen is a term with no single, widely recognized meaning in English. In linguistic contexts it most often appears as a romanization of a Mandarin Chinese syllable sequence. In pinyin, ta plus men form a third-person plural pronoun meaning they. When diacritics are omitted, it is frequently written as tamen. The exact meaning depends on the characters chosen and the context: they can refer to people (tāmen, 他们), to women (tāmen, 她们), or to non-human entities (tāmen, 它们).

In ordinary text, the intended meaning is determined by the characters, not by the romanization alone. For

Beyond Chinese usage, "Tamen" can occur as a proper noun in transliteration systems or as a personal

Overall, tamen is best understood as the tone-free romanization of a common Mandarin pronoun, with additional

example,
他们
refers
to
groups
that
are
masculine
or
mixed
gender;
她们
refers
to
women;
它们
refers
to
animals
or
inanimate
objects.
name
or
place
name
in
some
languages.
Such
uses
are
not
standardized
and
should
be
verified
from
reliable
sources
when
they
appear
in
encyclopedic
contexts.
occasional
uses
as
a
proper
noun
in
multilingual
contexts.