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哪
nǎ
哪 (nǎ) means "which?". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 哪 means
- how
- which
How 哪 is used in grammar
哪 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
- Wh-Questions: 什么/谁/哪/怎么 (HSK 1)
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 1, pronouns (疑问代词).
Other readings
- 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
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天哪！Gosh!
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嗯哪。Yep.
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哪个？Which one?
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哪里？Where?
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当然哪！Definitely!
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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.
Where 哪 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Question Words and Demonstratives (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 10 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nǎ correctly.
- Look up another word in the free dictionary.
Looking a word up is not learning it. GraphChinese puts all of HSK 1–6 into one dependency graph, teaches each piece only once its prerequisites are solid, and schedules reviews to land just before you would forget.
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