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Written as 那 before the 20th century.
It is generally considered to be the fusion of 奈何 ( OC *naːls ɡaːl, “how”) (Wang, 1990 ; Sun, 1992 ; Shimura, 1995 ), usually citing Gu Yanwu 's (顧炎武 ) commentary on Zuozhuan . Lü (1985) distinguishes between “which” (choosing among several choices), which he derives from 若 ( OC *njaɡ) , and “how” (asking for something), which he considers to be a fusion of 若何 ( OC *njaɡ ɡaːl, “how”) .
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Pinyin ) : nǎ , něi , nǎi (na3 , nei3 , nai3 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄋㄚˇ, ㄋㄟˇ, ㄋㄞˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : naa5
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : nai4 / nai4*
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : nai / nái
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : ngai3
Eastern Min (BUC ) : nā
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : ná / nó͘
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : na2
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 na
Note :
nǎr - “where; wherever; everywhere”;
něi, nǎi - contraction of 哪一 (determiner).
Note :
nai4 - determiner;
nai4* - “where; wherever; everywhere”.
Note :
nai - determiner;
nái - “where”.
Note :
ná - vernacular;
nó͘ - literary.
Definitions
哪
which ; what
你 更 喜歡 哪 個 ,這 個 還是 那 個 ? [ MSC , trad. ] 你 更 喜欢 哪 个 ,这 个 还是 那 个 ? [ MSC , simp. ] Nǐ gèng xǐhuan nǎ ge, zhè ge háishì nà ge? [ Pinyin] Which do you prefer: this one or that one?
你 是 從 哪 個 國家 來 的 ? [ MSC , trad. ] 你 是 从 哪 个 国家 来 的 ? [ MSC , simp. ] Nǐ shì cóng nǎ ge guójiā lái de? [ Pinyin] Which country are you from?
any
除 星期三 以外 ,我 哪 一 天 都 可以 來 。 [ MSC , trad. ] 除 星期三 以外 ,我 哪 一 天 都 可以 来 。 [ MSC , simp. ] Chú xīngqīsān yǐwài, wǒ nǎ yī tiān dōu kěyǐ lái. [ Pinyin] I can come any day except Wednesday.
Indefinite determiner.
他 害怕 哪 天 天 會 塌 下來 。 [ MSC , trad. ] 他 害怕 哪 天 天 会 塌 下来 。 [ MSC , simp. ] Tā hàipà nǎ tiān tiān huì tā xiàlái. [ Pinyin] He is afraid that one day the sky will fall down.
where
你 去 哪 ? ― Nǐ qù nǎ ? ― Where are you going?
wherever ; anywhere ; everywhere
去 哪 都 行 。 ― Qù nǎ dōu xíng. ― I'm fine with going anywhere .
我 哪 都 不想 去 ,只 想 日夜 在 祢 殿 中 ,獻上 敬拜 ,全心全意 來 愛 祢 。 [ MSC , trad. ] 我 哪 都 不想 去 ,只 想 日夜 在 祢 殿 中 ,献上 敬拜 ,全心全意 来 爱 祢 。 [ MSC , simp. ] From: 2015 , lyrics by 鄭懋柔 [Tiffany M. Cheng], 能不能 [Let Me Stay]Wǒ nǎ dōu bùxiǎng qù, zhǐ xiǎng rìyè zài Nǐ diàn zhōng, xiànshàng jìngbài, quánxīnquányì lái ài Nǐ. [ Pinyin] ( official translation ) There is no other place I would rather be than here, Lord. With all my heart, with all I am, I worship.( literal translation ) I don't want to go anywhere , but I just want to be in Your house day and night, offering worship, loving You wholeheartedly.
( rhetorical question ) how ( used in rhetorical questions )
他 哪 像 個 學生 。/ 他 哪 像 个 学生 。 ― Tā nǎ xiàng ge xuéshēng. ― He is nothing like a student!
我 哪 知道 。 ― Wǒ nǎ zhīdào. ― How should I know?
哪 會按呢 ?/ 哪 会按呢 ? [ Hokkien ] ― Ná -ē án-ne? [ Pe̍h-ōe-jī ] ― How could it be?
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哪 (“which”)
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Words
Classical Chinese
何 , 何處 , 何許 , 何所 , 何方 , 安
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
哪裡 , 何處 , 什麼地方
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
哪兒 , 哪兒合兒 colloquial , 哪合兒 colloquial
Taiwan
哪裡 , 哪
Ulanhot
哪兒
Tongliao
哪兒
Chifeng
哪兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
哪兒
Harbin
哪兒 , 哪疙兒 , 哪疙瘩 , 哪海兒 , 哪塊兒 , 哪場兒
Shenyang
哪兒 , 哪塊兒
Malaysia
哪裡
Singapore
哪裡
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
哪兒 , 哪兒合兒 colloquial , 哪合兒 colloquial
Jinan
哪 , 哪裡
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
哪兒 , 哪裡 , 哪場兒
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
哪兒
Wanrong
哪達 , 哪那
Zhengzhou
哪兒
Xi'an
哪搭兒 , 哪搭
Xining
哪裡
Xuzhou
哪來 , 哪下 , 哪點兒
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
哪塌 , 哪塌兒 , 哪呢
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
哪塌 , 哪呢
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
哪點 , 哪裡
Bayanhot
哪兒
Lanzhou
哪達 , 哪達裡 , 哪達兒
Ürümqi
哪達
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
哪兒 , 啥子地方 , 哪跟前 , 哪點兒
Wuhan
哪裡 , 啥裡 , 哪歇 , 哪塊 , 哪塊歇 , 啥塊 , 啥塊些
Guiyang
哪點
Kunming
哪點兒
Guilin
哪塏
Liuzhou
哪裡 , 哪 , 哪塏 , 哪位子 , 哪塊 , 哪甿
Shanglin (Sanli)
哪點
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
哪裡 , 哪塊子
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
哪塊 , 哪裡 , 哪兒
Yangzhou
哪塊 , 哪
Nantong
哪對過 , 哪腳下
Hefei
哪格子 , 哪蒿子 , 哪塊子 , 哪塊
Huanggang
哪下兒
Mandarin
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
哪點
Cantonese
Guangzhou
邊度 , 邊處 , 邊
Hong Kong
邊度 , 邊處 , 邊
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
選頭
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
選處
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
哪頭
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
哪埞
Macau
邊度
Guangzhou (Panyu)
邊度
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
哪度
Guangzhou (Conghua)
哪處
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
星處
Foshan
邊度
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
邊度
Foshan (Shunde)
邊度
Foshan (Sanshui)
邊度
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
邊度
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
邊呢
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
邊處
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
邊
Zhuhai (Doumen)
哪
Jiangmen (Baisha)
邊子
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
邊子
Taishan
哪埞 , 哪
Kaiping (Chikan)
哪
Enping (Niujiang)
哪
Heshan (Yayao)
唔址
Dongguan
邊處 , 鼠處
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
邊度
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
哪廳
Shaoguan
邊度
Yunfu
邊埞
Yangjiang
邊 , 邊處 , 邊處塗
Xinyi
庶
Nanning
邊笪埞 , 邊笪 , 邊啲
Wuzhou
邊啲 , 邊笪 , 邊笪埞方
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
邊度
Singapore (Guangfu)
邊度 , 邊 , 邊處
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
邊度
Gan
Nanchang
哪裡
Lichuan
哪咑
Pingxiang
哪裡
Hakka
Meixian
哪仔 , 哪滴
Xingning
哪裡
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
哪呢
Huidong (Daling)
哪等
Dongguan (Qingxi)
哪定
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
哪定
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
哪聽
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
哪子
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
哪望
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
哪定
Changting
哪塊 , 哪塊哩 , 哪裡 , 哪裡哩 , 哪角
Wuping (Pingyu)
哪子
Liancheng
哪裡 , 哪角
Ninghua
何個 , 台角
Ruijin
哪 , 哪營子
Shicheng
哪裡
Shangyou (Shexi)
哪當
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
哪位 , 哪仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
哪仔 , 哪 , 哪跡仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
哪位 , 哪仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
哪位 , 哪
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
哪位 , 哪仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
哪位
Hong Kong
哪裡 , 哪埞
Sabah (Longchuan)
哪埞
Senai (Huiyang)
哪位
Kuching (Hepo)
哪圍
Singkawang
阿位
Huizhou
Jixi
哪塊 , 哪個許塊
Shexian
哪個落地
Huangshan (Tunxi)
哪裡
Xiuning
哪裡
Yixian
哪個背兒
Wuyuan
何落
Shitai (Xianyu)
哪裡
Jin
Taiyuan
哪裡 , 哪兒家
Pingyao
哪兒 , 哪底下
Xinzhou
哪兒
Taibus (Baochang)
哪兒
Linhe
哪兒
Jining
哪兒
Hohhot
哪兒
Baotou
哪兒
Dongsheng
哪兒
Haibowan
哪兒
Northern Min
Jian'ou
呢底
Jian'ou (Dikou)
呢底
Songxi
呢底
Zhenghe
呢搭底
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
哪底 , 哪
Jianyang
哪角底 , 哪角
Wuyishan
哪地
Pucheng (Shibei)
呢底
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
底所 , 底塊 dated or rural
Fuzhou (Changle)
底所
Fuqing
佗落 , 途位
Pingtan
佗落
Yongtai
底所
Gutian
底塊
Fu'an
底塊
Ningde
底塊
Shouning
底位穴 , 底位
Zhouning
底塊
Matsu
底所
Singapore (Fuqing)
佗落
Southern Min
Xiamen
佗落 , 佗 , 佗一位 , 佗位 , 佗一帶 , 佗帶
Xiamen (Tong'an)
佗落
Quanzhou
佗落 , 佗 , 佗一位 , 底帶
Jinjiang
佗落 , 佗一位 , 底落
Nan'an
佗落
Shishi
佗落
Hui'an
佗搭 , 佗 , 佗落
Anxi
佗落
Yongchun
佗落 , 寡
Dehua
佗落仔
Zhangzhou
佗落仔 , 佗落 , 佗位仔 , 佗位 , 佗 , 佗一位
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
佗落仔
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
佗落仔 , 佗落
Hua'an
佗仔 , 佗位仔
Nanjing
佗落仔
Pinghe
佗落 , 佗一位 , 佗位 , 底位
Zhangpu
佗位
Yunxiao
底仔
Zhao'an
底位 , 底落
Dongshan
底位
Taipei
佗位
New Taipei (Sanxia)
佗位
Kaohsiung
佗位
Yilan
佗位 , 佗位仔
Changhua (Lukang)
佗落
Taichung
佗位
Tainan
佗位
Hsinchu
佗位
Kinmen
佗 , 佗落
Penghu (Magong)
佗位
Penang (Hokkien)
佗落 , 佗落位
Singapore (Hokkien)
佗落
Manila (Hokkien)
佗落
Longyan
佗落
Zhangping
佗落 , 佗位
Zhangping (Yongfu)
佗落
Datian
底窟
Pingnan (Shangdu)
哪裡
Chaozhou
底塊
Shantou
底塊
Shantou (Chenghai)
底塊
Shantou (Chaoyang)
底囝
Jieyang
底塊
Haifeng
底帶
Bangkok (Teochew)
底塊
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
底一塊
Singapore (Teochew)
底塊
Pontianak (Teochew)
底塊
Leizhou
底跡
Wenchang
帶
Haikou
乜帶 , 底帶 , 底幅帶 , 乜地方 , 底內
Qionghai
帶寺
Singapore (Hainanese)
帶
Puxian Min
Putian
佗落
Xianyou
底跡 , 底落 , 佗落
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
哪啲 , 哪甿
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
哪裡
Wu
Shanghai
阿裡 , 阿裡搭 , 阿裡頭 , 啥地方 , 啥個地方 , 啥場化 dated , 啥個場化 dated
Shanghai (Songjiang)
何旦 , 何裡旦
Shanghai (Qingpu)
哈戶蕩
Shanghai (Jiading)
何裡浪 , 何浪
Shanghai (Chongming)
哪墩 , 何墩
Suzhou
啥場化 , 哪搭
Wuxi
羅裡搭葛 , 羅搭
Danyang
哪裡
Hangzhou
哪裡
Ningbo
阿裡 , 阿𡍲 , 焉𡍲 , 啥地方 , 啥塢探 , 啥塢宕
Wenzhou
狃宕 , 狃柢 , 狃 , 若宕 , 若柢
Jinhua
哪裡 , 哪汏
Xiang
Changsha
哪裡 , 何至 , 哪當
Xiangtan
哪當
Loudi
哪裡
Shuangfeng
哪裡
Quanzhou
哪裡
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哪
Sentence-final particle, equivalent to 啊 (a ).
現在 形勢 還是 很 嚴峻 哪 。 [ MSC , trad. ] 现在 形势 还是 很 严峻 哪 。 [ MSC , simp. ] Xiànzài xíngshì háishì hěn yánjùn na . [ Pinyin] The current situation is still very grim.
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Only used after words ending in -n.
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哪
Only used in 哪吒 ( Nézhā ).
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哪
Used to indicate something that should be noticed.
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哪
Used in personal names.
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哪
Only used in 哪哪 .
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哪 • (na ) ( hangeul 나 , McCune– Reischauer na)
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哪 : Hán Nôm readings: ná , nư , na , nạ
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