Is tree pluralized in Chinese? I am learning very basic Chinese as part of a software project. I randomly chose the word &quot;tree&quot; as my go-to noun. However, it appears tree is pluralized in Chinese, even though it is said Chinese doesn't use plurals.
树木 (shùmù) trees
树 (shù) tree

It seems that 木 mù means wood. I don't understand what is happening here.
I thought that if I were to pluralize tree, I would say some equivalent of &quot;many tree&quot; or &quot;tree many&quot; or something, but I don't see that when searching around.
What am I missing?
I am trying to translate these sentences:

I see trees
I see the trees
I see the big red trees
I see many trees
I see both trees
I ... trees

But it doesn't seem to be following the pattern in intro Chinese grammar texts.
How should I be thinking about this?
There is no plural form for the non-human Chinese nouns. 树 can be singular or plural. 树木 is a general term for trees (any tree; all trees)
To indicate tree  in the plural form, you need to add plural counting words like 'two, few, some', or a plural pronoun like 'these, those'
一棵樹 - a tree
那棵樹 - that tree
幾棵樹 - a few trees
那些樹 - those trees
樹木 is a general term for trees. It refers to all trees in general. e.g. 樹木的歷史大概有 4.2億年 - The history of trees is about 420 million years
Similarly:
一隻野獸 - a wild animal
那隻野獸 - that animal
那些野獸 - those animals
幾隻野獸 - a few wild animals
野獸 - wild animals in general

I see trees - 我看到樹/ 我看到樹木
I see the trees - 我看到那些樹 / 我看到那些樹木
I see the big red trees - 我看到那些大紅樹
I see many trees - 我看見很多樹/ 我看見很多樹木
I see both trees - 兩棵樹我都看到了

There is no plural form for the non-human Chinese nouns, but for a human noun, you can add 們, as in 人們，醫生們，士兵們 (people, doctors, soldiers)