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哪里

nǎ lǐ

HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 哪裏

哪里 (nǎ lǐ) means "where (same as 哪儿)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 哪里 means

1. where?
2. somewhere
3. anywhere
4. wherever
5. nowhere (negative answer to question)
6. humble expression denying compliment
7. also written 哪里

Other readings

哪里 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere; anywhere

The characters in 哪里

• 哪nǎhow; which
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside

Example sentences

• 哪里？
  Where?
• 哪里痛?
  Where does it hurt?
• 哪里疼?
  Where does it hurt?
• 哪里痛？
  Where is the pain?
• 你住哪里？
  Where do you live?
• 我在哪里？
  Where am I?

Words starting with 哪里

• 哪里哪里nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐyou're too kind; you flatter me

Words containing 哪里

• 也好不到哪里去yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qùjust as bad; not much better

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nǎ lǐ correctly.
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