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呢

ne

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Particle

呢 (ne) is a Chinese word meaning “(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?"…”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")
  2. (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds
  3. (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech

Stroke order

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Example

這是我的，那個呢？

This is mine; what about that one?

Related words at this level

那哪裡那裡難你妳年你們

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).