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nǎ / na / né / něi · which? where? how?

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Readings & meanings

哪 has 4 dictionary pronunciations. The examples show how each reading behaves in real words.

nǎ

how; which

哪个nǎ ge · which
na

(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")

天哪tiān na · see 天啊[tian1 a5]
né

used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]

něi

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

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9Total strokes

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 哪

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nǎhow; which
na(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")
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Example sentences

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Nǎ gè shì wǒ de?哪个是我的?

Which one is mine?

Source: Tatoeba #659658 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de tiān nǎ !我的天哪!

Oh, my God!

Source: Tatoeba #3702831 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ jì bù qǐ lái wǒ zài nǎ lǐ mǎi de le.我记不起来我在哪里买的了。

I don't remember where I bought it.

Source: Tatoeba #819822 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng bù qǐ lái wǒ zài nǎ ér mǎi de le.我想不起来我在哪儿买的了。

I don't remember where I bought it.

Source: Tatoeba #411631 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ shì cóng nǎ gè guó jiā lái de?你是从哪个国家来的?

Which country are you from?

Source: Tatoeba #75 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ zhǐ de shì nǎ gè?你指的是哪个?

Which one are you referring to?

Source: Tatoeba #5829620 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 哪 in context

  1. Say nǎ / na / né / něi, then recall the core meaning: which? where? how?.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 哪个 (nǎ ge), meaning “which”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 哪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.