哪

nǎ

how

which

mouth (口) + that (那) = which one are you asking about?

那 gives the sound nǎ; the mouth radical marks this as a spoken question word. Together they signal the act of asking 'which one?' aloud.

口+那→哪
口MouthSemantic
那ThatPhonetic

你喜欢哪种颜色?

nǐ xǐ huān nǎ zhǒng yán sè?

which color do you like?

这两本书,你觉得哪本更有意思?

zhè liǎng běn shū,nǐ jué de nǎ běn gèng yǒu yì si?

of these two books, which one do you think is more interesting?

Words with 哪

也好不到哪里去

yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù

just as bad; not much better

哪一个

nǎ yī ge

which

哪些

nǎ xiē

which ones?

哪个

nǎ ge

which

哪像

nǎ xiàng

unlike

哪儿

nǎ r

where?

哪儿的话

nǎ r de huà

(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment)

哪儿跟哪儿

nǎ r gēn nǎ r

what's that have to do with it?

哪吒

né zhā

Nezha, protection deity

哪壶不开提哪壶

nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú

lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot

哪怕

nǎ pà

even

哪知

nǎ zhī

who would have imagined?

More characters with 口

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