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哪

nǎ

HSK 1 Character

What 哪 means

1. how
2. which

Other readings

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

• na(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of {啊|a} after a word ending in "n")
• néused in {哪吒|Né zhā}; Taiwan pr. nuó
• něiwhich? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

Example sentences

• 天哪！
  Gosh!
• 嗯哪。
  Yep.
• 哪个？
  Which one?
• 哪里？
  Where?
• 当然哪！
  Definitely!
• 哪里痛?
  Where does it hurt?

Words starting with 哪

• 哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere; anywhere
• 哪怕nǎ pàeven; even if; even though
• 哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?…
• 哪个nǎ gewhich; who
• 哪些nǎ xiēwhich ones?; who?; what?
• 哪知nǎ zhīwho would have imagined?; unexpectedly
• 哪知道nǎ zhī dàowho would have thought that ...?
• 哪吒Né zhāNezha, protection deity
• 哪里哪里nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐyou're too kind; you flatter me
• 哪门子nǎ mén zi(colloquial) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth
• 哪像nǎ xiàngunlike; in contrast to
• 哪儿的话nǎ r de huà(colloquial) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it
• 哪儿跟哪儿nǎ r gēn nǎ rwhat's that have to do with it?; what's the connection?
• 哪一个nǎ yī gewhich
• 哪壶不开提哪壶nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ húlit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot…

Words containing 哪

• 吗哪mǎ nǎmanna (Israelite food)
• 打哪儿指哪儿dǎ nǎ r zhǐ nǎ r(colloquial) to act first and then claim the outcome was intended…
• 算哪根葱suàn nǎ gēn cōngwho do (you) think (you) are?; who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?
• 也好不到哪里去yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qùjust as bad; not much better
• 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xiéa person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)…
• 天哪tiān nasee 天啊

Characters that look like 哪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 绑bǎngto tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
• 郡jùncanton; county; region
• 卿qīnghigh ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 哗huáclamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸

Sounds the same

Read nǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 乸feminine suffix (Cantonese); postfix indicating feminine
• 那variant of 哪