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Character Decomposition
哪=口+那
Etymology
mouth
Meanings4 pronunciations
nǎ
how
which
na
(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 a after a word ending in "n")
něi
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
né
used in 哪吒
Taiwan pr. nuó
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Words with 哪 32 total
where? · wherever; anywhere; somewhere · (used in rhetorical questions) how can...?; how could...?哪儿nǎ rwhich · who哪个nǎ gewhere? · somewhere · anywhere · wherever · nowhere (negative answer to question) · humble expression denying compliment哪里nǎ lǐeven · even if · even though · no matter how哪怕nǎ pàwhich ones? · who? · what?哪些nǎ xiēunlike · in contrast to哪像nǎ xiàngNezha, protection deity哪吒Né zhāwho would have imagined? · unexpectedly哪知nǎ zhīmanna (Israelite food)吗哪mǎ nǎ(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what · what kind · why on earth哪门子nǎ mén ziwhich哪一个nǎ yī gewho would have thought that...?哪知道nǎ zhī dào(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment) · don't mention it哪儿的话nǎ r de huàyou're too kind; you flatter me哪里哪里nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐwho do (you) think (you) are? · who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?算哪根葱suàn nǎ gēn cōngwhat's that have to do with it? · what's the connection?哪儿跟哪儿nǎ r gēn nǎ r(coll.) to act first and then claim the outcome was intended; to act without a clear aim and justify it afterward (ironic reversal of zhǐ nǎ r dǎ nǎ r, where one aims clearly and executes with precision)打哪儿指哪儿dǎ nǎ r zhǐ nǎ rjust as bad; not much better也好不到哪里去yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qùlit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot · to talk about sb's weak point哪壶不开提哪壶nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ húa person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) · (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié
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