哪
nǎ
HSK level: HSK 1
Meaning
how; which
Other reading: na
(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")
Other reading: né
used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]
Other reading: něi
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
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Examples
当然哪！
dāng rán nǎ！
Of course!
厨房在哪?
chú fáng zài nǎ?
Where's the kitchen?
你爸爸在哪？
nǐ bà ba zài nǎ？
Where is your dad?
Words with this character
哪里 nǎ lǐ where?哪儿 nǎ r where?哪些 nǎ xiē which ones?哪怕 nǎ pà even哪知道 nǎ zhī dào who would have thought that ...?哪个 nǎ ge which哪一个 nǎ yī ge which哪吒 Né zhā Nezha, protection deity吗哪 mǎ nǎ manna哪像 nǎ xiàng unlike哪知 nǎ zhī who would have imagined?天哪 tiān na see 天啊[tian1 a5]哪门子 nǎ mén zi what哪里哪里 nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ you're too kind哪儿的话 nǎ r de huà not at all算哪根葱 suàn nǎ gēn cōng who do think are?哪儿跟哪儿 nǎ r gēn nǎ r what's that have to do with it?打哪儿指哪儿 dǎ nǎ r zhǐ nǎ r to act first and then claim the outcome was intended哪壶不开提哪壶 nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil也好不到哪里去 yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù just as bad常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet