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呢 ne

HSK 1 word

Meanings

• 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

Characters

• 呢 ne: particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")

Grammar: "What about...?" with 呢

Noun / Pronoun + 呢？

After a noun or pronoun, 呢 turns the question just asked back on it: 你呢？ is "and you?". Asked out of the blue about a person or a thing, it means "where is...?".

Example sentences

你爸呢？
How about your father?
Tatoeba #349911 by zhouj1955 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

你呢？
How about you?
Tatoeba #691992 by sysko (CC BY 2.0 FR)

人呢？
Where did he go?
Tatoeba #2321307 by Tximist (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).