ReadWriteQuiz

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  • 1

    auxiliary word(used at the end of a special, alternative, or rhetorical sentence to indicate a question)

    • nǐ men dōu qù wǒ ne

      你们

      You are all going. What about me?

    • nà wǒ men zěn me bàn ne

      我们怎么

      What should we do?

    • wǒ cuò zài nǎ r ne

      哪儿

      What have I done wrong?

  • 2

    auxiliary word(marker of a special, alternative or rhetorical question)

    • nǐ shì xiǎng chī miàn tiáo ne hái shi xiǎng chī mǐ fàn

      面条还是米饭

      What do you want, noodles or rice?

  • 3

    auxiliary word(used at the end of a declarative sentence to reinforce the assertion or play up the effect of exaggeration)

    • xiǎo mài zhǎng de cái hǎo ne

      小麦

      The wheat is coming along fine.

    • tā men de shōu huò kě bù xiǎo ne

      他们收获

      They've reaped a lot of benefits.

    • wǎn chǎng diàn yǐng bā diǎn cái kāi shǐ ne

      晚场电影开始

      The night show of the movie won't start until eight.

  • 4

    auxiliary word(used at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate an action in progress)

    • tiān zhèng xià zhe yǔ ne

      It's raining now.

    • tā zhèng zài jǐng biān dǎ shuǐ ne

      打水

      She's fetching water from the well.

  • 5

    auxiliary word(used to mark a pause in the middle of a sentence)

    • xiǎng lái ne jiù lái bù xiǎng lái ne jiù suàn le

      Come if you want to, forget it if you don't want to.

    • wǒ ne qí zì xíng chē qù nǐ men ne jiù zuò qì chē qù

      自行车你们汽车

      I'm going by bike, and you may go by bus.

    • xiàn zài ne kě bǐ wǎng nián qiáng duō le

      现在往年

      Now it is a lot better than in the past.

Word usage

  • Note
    When prounonced as "ne", "呢" is a modal particle. When pronounced as "ní", it means things, such as "呢子大衣"; besides it is also used for onomatopoeia, such as "呢喃".

Similar-form characters to 呢