Chinese

咱

zán
I; me
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 7
  • radical 口
  • 9 strokes
  • 倃

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Origin

Etymology 1

Fusion of 自家 (MC dzijH kae, “self”) [Song] > Modern Mandarin zá (Lü, 1984). Fusion with 們／们 (men) produces the form with a nasal coda [Yuan], e.g. Modern Mandarin zán (Norman, 1988).

Etymology 2

Fusion of 早晚 (zǎowǎn).

Etymology 3

From 儂／侬 (lâng, “person; I, me”) + elision of 儂／侬. Compare 阮 (gún, goán, “we, us (exclusive)”), 恁 (lín, “you (plural)”), 𪜶 (in, “they, them”).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • partChinese儂／侬 “person; I, me”
  • partChineseelision

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