哪
nané
4 readings · tap one to hear it
how; which
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 哪
- Common rank
- #2,192
- Unicode
- U+54EA
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 哪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哪儿 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how co… | |
| 哪里 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expre… | |
| 哪里 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expre… | |
| 哪些 | which ones?; who?; what? | |
| 常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋 | a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb); … | |
| 哪儿的话 | (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it | |
| 哪门子 | (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth | |
| 也好不到哪里去 | just as bad; not much better | |
| 打哪儿指哪儿 | (coll.) to act first and then claim the outcome was intended; to act without a clear aim a… | |
| 哪知道 | who would have thought that ...? | |
| 哪一个 | which | |
| 天哪 | see 天啊[tian1 a5] | |
| 哪里哪里 | you're too kind; you flatter me | |
| 哪儿跟哪儿 | what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection? | |
| 哪壶不开提哪壶 | lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's w… | |
| 哪知 | who would have imagined?; unexpectedly | |
| 算哪根葱 | who do (you) think (you) are?; who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is? | |
| 哪个 | which; who | |
| 哪像 | unlike; in contrast to | |
| 哪怕 | even; even if; even though; no matter how |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 那 — compare how they read.