Character
which (asking about one from a group of people or things)
Readings and meanings
- which (asking about one from a group of people or things)
- where (as in 哪儿, asking about a place)
Examples
你要买哪个？
nǐ yào mǎi nǎ ge
Which one do you want to buy?
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你的老师是哪国人？
nǐ de lǎo shī shì nǎ guó rén
Which country is your teacher from?
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你家住在哪里？
nǐ jiā zhù zài nǎ lǐ
Where does your family live?
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Words that use “哪” as nǎ
HSK 4 is the level of this reading in the official HSK 3.0 word list; other readings of 哪 can sit at a different level.
- (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 (a) after a word ending in "n") CC-CEDICT
né
ne2Reading 3Rare readingThis reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is nǎ.
- the name of a brave boy god in old stories (as in 哪吒)
- which one? or where? (read nǎ in questions)
Examples
你去哪里？
nǐ qù nǎ lǐ
Where are you going?
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你要哪个？
nǐ yào nǎ gè
Which one do you want?
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哪吒是个勇敢的小神仙。
né zhā shì gè yǒng gǎn de xiǎo shén xiān
Nezha is a brave little god.
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Words that use “哪” as né
něi
nei3Reading 4Rare readingThis reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is nǎ.
- which? (asks you to choose, as in 哪个, 哪些)
Examples
你要哪个？
nǐ yào něi ge
Which one do you want?
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哪本书是你的？
něi běn shū shì nǐ de
Which book is yours?
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Stroke order
All 9 strokes
Practice writing 哪
Draw “哪” here — the faint guide shows its shape.