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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Nā | Na1
English translation
surname Na
variant of [nǎ]
that
those
then (in that case)
commonly pr. [nèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
that, that one, those
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Nuó | Nuo2
English translation
surname Nuo
(archaic) many
beautiful
how
old variant of nuó [nuó]

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

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Positional decomposition

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Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "name of a city", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

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老师 lǎoshī de 学生 xuésheng men dōu Xiè chū 那道.

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

de 手指 shǒuzhǐ 接触 jiēchù 软膏 ruǎn gāo 之后 zhī hòu jiù téng 起来 qǐlai le .

My fingers are beginning to prick after touching that paste.

农夫 nóng fū yòng fān le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng de 财宝 cái bǎo .

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

jiā 旅馆 lǚ guǎn qiāo le 我们 wǒmen 一笔 Qián .

They fleeced us at that hotel.

shuì dòng Xīn 建筑 jiànzhù 只是 zhǐ shì 仿 fǎng 古典 gǔdiǎn 传统 chuántǒng .

He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
that
那么 nà me like that那麼
那个 nà ge that one那個
那些 nà xiē those那些 nà xiē
那样 nà yàng that kind那樣
那里 nà li there那裏
那种 nà zhǒng that那種
那儿 nà r there那兒
那边 nà bian over there那邊
那时 nà shí then那時
那天 nà tiān that day那天 nà tiān
巴塞罗那 Bā sài luó nà Barcelona巴塞羅那
刹那 chànà split second剎那
印度支那 Yìn dù Zhī nà Indo-China (transliteration)印度支那 Yìn dù Zhī nà
哈瓦那 Hā wǎ nà Havana, capital of Cuba哈瓦那 Hā wǎ nà
那不勒斯 Nà bù lè sī Naples那不勒斯 Nà bù lè sī
亚利桑那州 Yà lì sāng nà zhōu Arizona亞利桑那州
支那 Zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory支那 Zhī nà
路易斯安那州 Lù yì sī ān nà zhōu Louisiana, US state路易斯安那州 Lù yì sī ān nà zhōu
辛辛那提 Xīn xīn nà tí Cincinnati, Ohio辛辛那提 Xīn xīn nà tí

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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