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那

nà

HSK 1 Character

What 那 means

1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
3. then (in that case)

Other readings

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

• nuómany; beautiful; how
• Nāsurname Na
• Nuósurname Nuo
• nǎvariant of {哪|nǎ}

Example sentences

• 那你呢?
  How about you?
• 看那山！
  Look at that mountain.
• 那是谁？
  Who is that?
• 看那里。
  Look there.
• 那个呀！
  That one!
• 在那里。
  It's over there.

Words starting with 那

• 那么nà melike that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then…
• 那个nà gethat one; that thing; that (as opposed to this)
• 那些nà xiēthose
• 那里nà lithere; that place
• 那样nà yàngthat kind; that sort
• 那是nà shi(colloquial) of course; naturally; indeed
• 那时nà shíthen; at that time; in those days
• 那天nà tiānthat day; the other day
• 那儿nà rthere
• 那边nà bianover there; yonder
• 那时候nà shí houat that time
• 那会儿nà huì rat that time (in the past or the future); also pr. nèi huì r
• 那阵子nà zhèn ziat that time; then
• 那不勒斯Nà bù lè sīNapoli, capital of Campania region of Italy; Naples
• 那提nà tí(loanword) latte
• 那个人nà gè rénlit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right
• 那种nà zhǒngthat kind of
• 那还用说nà hái yòng shuōthat goes without saying
• 那么着nà me zhe(do sth) that way; like that
• 那世nà shìthe world of the dead
• 那斯达克Nà sī dá kè(Taiwan) Nasdaq (stock exchange)
• 那维克Nǎ wéi kèNarvik (city in Nordland, Norway)
• 那话儿nà huà r(colloquial) that thing; that matter; you-know-what; (euphemism) sexual organ
• 那拉提草原Nà lā dī cǎo yuánNalat grasslands

Words containing 那

• 刹那chà nàan instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
• 一刹那yī chà nàa moment; an instant; in a flash
• 巴塞罗那Bā sài luó nàBarcelona, Spain
• 支那Zhī nàphonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered…
• 哈瓦那Hā wǎ nàHavana, capital of Cuba
• 地拉那Dì lā nàTirana, capital of Albania
• 西地那非xī dì nà fēisildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)
• 在那儿zài na r…
• 本那比市Běn nà bǐ shìBurnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• 天那水tiān nà shuǐ(loanword) paint thinner
• 路易斯安那Lù yì sī ān nàLouisiana, US state
• 多那太罗Duō nǎ tài luóDonatello (c. 1386-1466); Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance…
• 到那个时候dào nà gè shí hòuuntil this moment
• 像那么回事儿xiàng nà me huí shì rnot bad at all; quite impressive
• 印度支那Yìn dù zhī nàIndochina
• 大加那利岛Dà Jiā nà lì DǎoGran Canaria (in the Canary Islands)
• 热那亚Rè nà yàGenoa
• 错那市Cuò nà ShìTsona, a county-level city in Shannan City 山南市
• 西耶那Xī yē nàFiat Siena
• 萨那Sà nàSana'a, capital of Yemen
• 加那利群岛Jiā nà lì Qún dǎoCanary Islands
• 沙那Shā nàSana'a, capital of Yemen (Tw)
• 黑塞哥维那Hēi sài gē wéi nàHerzegovina
• 格瑞那达Gé ruì nà dáGrenada, island country in the Caribbean Sea (Tw)

Characters that look like 那

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

• 邸dǐ(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official
• 邱Qiūsurname Qiu
• 邵Shàosurname Shao; place name
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 邢Xíngsurname Xing; place name
• 邯hánused in 邯郸

Sounds the same

Read nà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纳to receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 娜(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜
• 呐battle cry
• 衲cassock; to line
• 捺to press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 钠sodium (chemistry)
• 軜inner reins of a 4-horse team
• 肭used in 腽肭