呢

ne, nī, ní

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; particle indicating strong affirmation

Radical: 口 HSK 1 y pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

呢 decomposes into the following components:

口 尼

Semantic component: 口; phonetic component: 尼.

Words containing 呢

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 呢.

呢呢
ní ní
呢喃
ní nán
呢子
ní zi
着呢
zhe ne
花呢
huā ní
软呢
ruǎn ní
制服呢
zhì fú ní
华达呢
huá dá ní
台面呢
tái miàn ní
格子呢
gé zi ní
管他呢
guǎn tā ne
呢呢痴痴
ní ní chī chī

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical 口.

卟 口 古 句 另 叨 叩 只 叫 召 叭 叮 可 台 叱 史 右 叵 叶 号 司 叹 叻 叼

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