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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nǎ | na3
English translation
how
which
(particle equivalent to ā after noun ending in -n)
which? where? how?
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
něi | nei3
English translation
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口那

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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chén yáng 哪里 nǎ lǐ yǒu mài 通化 Tōng huà 东宝 Dōng bǎo 生产 shēngchǎn de 胰岛素 yí dǎo sù ?

Does Shenyang where have the insulin that sells a Hua Dongbao production?

计数器 jì shù qì dào líng , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào 录音 lùyīn Cóng 哪儿 nǎr 开始 kāishǐ .

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那匹 ǎi 种马 zhǒng mǎ yǎng zài 哪儿 nǎr ?

Where do you stable your pony?

zài 哪里 nǎ lǐ Néng 接上 jiē shàng 吹风机 chuī fēng jī de 电源 diànyuán ?

Where can I plug in my hairdrier?

心里 xīn li shuì , hāi ,老子 Lǎo zǐ 不含糊 bù hán hu !

Goddam, I'm okay, he said to himself.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
how
哪里 nǎ lǐ where?哪裏
哪儿 nǎr where?哪兒
哪个 nǎ ge which哪個
哪些 nǎ xiē who?哪些 nǎ xiē
哪怕 nǎpà even哪怕 nǎpà
哪门子 nǎ mén zi what kind哪門子
哪吒 Né zha Nezha, protection deity哪吒 Né zha

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Decomposition

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