哪儿 nǎ'er where
How to remember 哪儿: 哪 which + 儿 son = where.
Characters
How it is used
- 'Where' - 你去哪儿? (nǐ qù nǎr) where are you going?
- Same meaning as 哪里 (nǎlǐ); 哪儿 is the northern/Beijing spoken form, 哪里 more neutral.
- 哪 (nǎ, which) + 儿; note it's a rhotic ending, said nǎr.
Example sentences
- 你去哪儿？ Nǐ qù nǎér?Where are you going?
- 这里是哪儿？ Zhèli shì nǎr?Where are we?
- 我们去哪儿？ Wǒmen qù nǎér?Where do we go?
- 她家在哪儿？ Tājiā zài nǎér?Where is her house?