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Characters, words, pinyin or English

哪 nǎ which

which; where

How to remember 哪: 口 mouth + 那 that = which. At the ice cream counter the boy opens his mouth, points at that tub, then this one, and cannot decide which flavour to pick.

  • 652. most frequent character
  • HSK 1
  • 9 strokes
  • Radical 口

Component breakdown

哪 = 口 mouth + 那 that

  • 口 mouth
  • 那 that
    • 𭃂 furs
    • 阝 mound
The Gushi story

At the ice cream counter the boy opens his mouth, points at that tub, then this one, and cannot decide which flavour to pick.

How it is used

  • 'Which / where' - 哪个 (nǎge) which one, 哪儿 / 哪里 (nǎr / nǎlǐ) where, 哪些 (nǎxiē) which ones.
  • Third tone, in contrast to the near-identical 那 (nà, 4th tone) 'that' - the tone is the only spoken difference.

Words with 哪

Example sentences

  • 这里是哪儿？ Zhèli shì nǎr?Where are we?
  • 这里是哪里啊？ Zhèli shì nǎli a?Where is this place?
  • 哪个比较大？ Nǎge bǐjiào dà?Which is bigger?