How to write 咱

咱 zán 1. 我 (I) 例: 咱不懂他的话。 (We/I do not understand what he said.) 2. 总称己方（我或我们）和对方（你或你们） (Refers to both the speaker's and listener's side) 例: 咱们。咱俩。咱一起去看戏。 (We. The two of us. Let's go watch a show together.) 3. 同本义 (Same original meaning) 1. 同本义 (I) 4. 称代对话者的双方 (Refers to both parties in a conversation) 例: 不怕，你们把守住和他干，我给咱回村集合人去。 (Don’t worry, you guard him, and I will go back to the village to gather people for us.) 5. 称代说话者一方的复数 (Refers to the plural of the speaker's side) 例: 咱各 (We each); 咱彼各 (The two of us). 6. 用在祈使句末，表示祈使语气，相当于“吧” (Used at the end of imperative sentences to indicate an imperative mood, equivalent to "let's") 例: 张二哥，咱进去咱。 (Brother Zhang, let’s go in.) 7. 用在陈述句末，表示要做什么的语气 (Used at the end of declarative sentences to indicate intention) 例: 我试理一曲消遣咱。 (I’ll try to compose a tune to entertain us.) 8. 怎么;咋 (How) 例: 咱个 (咋个、怎么). (How?) 名 1. 早晚 (Sometime in the future; some day) 例: 这咱；那咱；多咱. (This sometime; that sometime; many sames.) 2. 我，自称之辞 (Refers to oneself in self-address) 例: 咱家 (I). 参见「咱家」条 (See the entry for "咱家"). 方言 1. 方言，“早、晚”二字的合音 (Dialect, a blend of the words for "early" and "late") 例: 这咱；多咱. (This sometime; many sames.)