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那样

nà yàng

HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 那樣

那样 (nà yàng) means "like that; that way". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 那样 means

1. that kind
2. that sort

How 那样 is used in grammar

那样 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.

• Demonstrative Adverbs: 那么、这么、那样、这样 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, pronouns (指示代词).

The characters in 那样

• 那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that…
• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way

Example sentences

• 那样说得通。
  It makes sense.
• 那样是错的。
  That was wrong.
• 我只能那样做。
  I couldn't do otherwise.
• 我是那样说的。
  I said that.
• 麻烦您那样做。
  Please do that.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nà yàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.