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哪
na
1. (particle equivalent to [[啊]] after noun ending in -n)
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

哪
nǎ
which? where? how?
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (18)

哪些
nǎxiē
which ones?
哪个
nǎge
which
哪像
nǎxiàng
unlike
哪儿
nǎr
where?
HSK 1
哪怕
nǎpà
even
HSK 5
哪知
nǎzhī
who would have imagined?
哪里
nǎlǐ
where?
哪里
nǎlǐ
where?
吗哪
mǎnǎ
manna (Israelite food)
天哪
tiānna
Good gracious!
哪一个
nǎyīge
which
哪门子
nǎménzi
(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what
哪儿的话
nǎrdehuà
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment)
哪里哪里
nǎlǐnǎlǐ
you're too kind
算哪根葱
suànnǎgēncōng
who do (you) think (you) are?
哪儿跟哪儿
nǎrgēnnǎr
what's that have to do with it?
也好不到哪里去
yěhǎobùdàonǎlǐqù
just as bad
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎhúbùkāitínǎhú
lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot

Example Sentences (1)

你是哪国人?
Nǐ shì nǎ guó rén?
What country are you from?
Text 2

Alternate Entries

哪
nǎ
how / which
HSK 1
哪
něi
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
651
Word Frequency Rank
151 of 84,292

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