哪

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哪 U+54EA, 哪
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Translingual

Stroke order
10 strokes

Han character

哪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 口尸手中 (RSQL), four-corner 67027, composition ⿰口那)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 190, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3651
  • Dae Jaweon: page 410, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 623, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+54EA

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 哪
alternative forms 那

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

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

  1. 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?
    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?
    Which country are you from?
  2. 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.
    I can come any day except Wednesday.
  3. 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.
    He is afraid that one day the sky will fall down.
  4. where
    你去哪？  ―  Nǐ qù nǎ?  ―  Where are you going?
  5. wherever; anywhere; everywhere
    去哪都行。  ―  Qù nǎ dōu xíng.  ―  I'm fine with going anywhere.
  6. (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?
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 哪 (“which”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 何, 孰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 哪
Mandarin Beijing 哪
Taiwan 哪
Malaysia 哪
Singapore 哪
Cantonese Guangzhou 邊
Hong Kong 邊
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 選
Taishan 哪
Yangjiang 邊
Singapore (Guangfu) 邊
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 哪
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 哪
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 哪
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 哪
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 哪
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 哪
Hong Kong 哪
Eastern Min Fuzhou 底
Fuqing 底
Southern Min Xiamen 佗
Quanzhou 佗
Zhangzhou 佗
Taipei 佗
Kaohsiung 佗
Singapore (Hokkien) 佗
Chaozhou 底
Singapore (Teochew) 底
Haikou 底
Singapore (Hainanese) 底
Wu Shanghai 阿裡, 賴裡
Wenzhou 若, 狃
Dialectal synonyms of 哪裡 (“where”)
Variety Location 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
Mandarin Beijing 哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial
Taiwan 哪裡, 哪
Tianjin 哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial
Ulanhot 哪兒
Tongliao 哪兒
Chifeng 哪兒
Bayanhot 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
Yantai (Muping) 哪兒, 哪裡, 哪場兒
Jinan 哪, 哪裡
Luoyang 哪兒
Wanrong 哪達, 哪那
Zhengzhou 哪兒
Xi'an 哪搭兒, 哪搭
Yinchuan 哪點, 哪裡
Lanzhou 哪達, 哪達裡, 哪達兒
Xining 哪裡
Ürümqi 哪達
Wuhan 哪裡, 啥裡, 哪歇, 哪塊, 哪塊歇, 啥塊, 啥塊些
Huanggang 哪下兒
Chengdu 哪兒, 啥子地方, 哪跟前, 哪點兒
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
Xuzhou 哪來, 哪下, 哪點兒
Yangzhou 哪塊, 哪
Nanjing 哪塊, 哪裡, 哪兒
Hefei 哪格子, 哪蒿子, 哪塊子, 哪塊
Nantong 哪對過, 哪腳下
Changle (Qinjiang) 哪點
Malaysia 哪裡
Singapore 哪裡
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 哪塌, 哪塌兒, 哪呢
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 哪塌, 哪呢
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) 邊處
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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
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
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 (Chongming) 哪墩
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

Compounds

See also

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 哪
alternative forms 吶／呐

Pronunciation

Definitions

哪

  1. 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.
    The current situation is still very grim.
Usage notes

Only used after words ending in -n.

Compounds

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 哪

Pronunciation

Definitions

哪

  1. Only used in 哪吒 (Nézhā).

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 哪

Pronunciation

Definitions

哪

  1. Used to indicate something that should be noticed.

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
 哪

Pronunciation

Definitions

哪

  1. Used in personal names.

Etymology 6

simp. and trad.
 哪

Pronunciation

Definitions

哪

  1. Only used in 哪哪.

Etymology 7

simp. and trad.
 哪

Pronunciation

Definitions

哪 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

  1. what
    這是哪物件？ [Hokkien, trad.]
    这是哪物件？ [Hokkien, simp.]
    Che sī ná mi̍h-kiāⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    What is this (thing)?
    你來是為著哪事？ [Hokkien, trad.]
    你来是为着哪事？ [Hokkien, simp.]
    Lí lâi sī ūi-tio̍h ná sū? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    For what matter did you come?
  2. interjection used to express surprise
    哪！人煞來啊！ [Hokkien, trad.]
    哪！人煞来啊！ [Hokkien, simp.]
    Ná! Lâng soah lâi ah! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Wow! People have surprisingly come!
  3. then why; how
    哪敢有？ [Hokkien]  ―  Ná kám ū? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  How could there be?

Japanese

Kanji

哪

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

哪 • (na) (hangeul 나, McCune–Reischauer na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

哪: Hán Nôm readings: ná, nư, na, nạ

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