呢 (ne)
(particle) what about?/continuous aspect
How 呢 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 呢
- Simplified
- 呢 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- 尸 corpse
- 匕 spoon
呢 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- ne
- particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action
- nī
- this (Cantonese); see also 哩[li1]
- ní
- woolen material
Common words using 呢
- 呢呢 níní
- garrulous; talkative
- 呢喃 nínán
- onomat. twittering of birds; whispering; murmuring
- 呢子 nízi
- woolen cloth
- 花呢 huāní
- tweed; checkered cloth
- 著呢 zhene
- comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather
呢 in a sentence
我喜歡喝茶，你呢？
Wǒ xǐhuān hē chá, nǐ ne?
“I like drinking tea; what about you?”
How common is 呢?
呢 is the 383rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 70.1% of all running text.
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