How to write 哪 (nǎ, “how”)
哪, an HSK 1 character, is read nǎ for “how” and “which”, and also na (“emphatic sentence-final particle”) and něi (“which?”). As a left-right character it splits into 口 (“mouth”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 那 (“that”), strokes 4–9, written the left part first. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 哪个 (“which”), 哪些 (“which ones?”) and 哪儿 (“where?”). Japanese reads it da, “which? where? how?”.
- Pinyin
- nǎ, na, něi
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 口 (“mouth”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- top leftdownwards
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- leftup and right → rightwards
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- top leftrightwards
- leftrightwards
- topdownwards → down and left
- top rightrightwards → downwards → down and right
- topdownwards
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| nǎ third tone | how; which | — | 哪个 哪些 哪儿 哪里 |
| na neutral tone | (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 (a) after a word ending in "n") | — | — |
| něi third tone | which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier) | — | — |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
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- HSK 2.0
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- Words with it
- 15 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 哪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which HSK 1 |
| 哪个 哪個 | nǎge | which; who HSK 1 |
| 哪些 | nǎxiē | which ones?; who? HSK 1 |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | nǎr | where?; wherever HSK 1 |
| 哪里 哪裏 | nǎlǐ | where?; somewhere HSK 1 |
| 哪怕 | nǎpà | even; even if HSK 5 |
| 吗哪 嗎哪 | mǎnǎ | manna (Israelite food) |
| 哪知 | nǎzhī | who would have imagined?; unexpectedly |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | nǎyīge | which |
| 哪知道 | nǎzhīdào | who would have thought that ...? |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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