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哪里

nǎlǐ

where; not at all (modest reply)

where; not at all (modest reply)
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Characters in this word

哪 nǎ

Strokes
9
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 那 that, that one, those
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

里 lǐ

Strokes
7
Radical
里 — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
Made of
田 field, farm, arable land 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 哪里,你太好了。 Nǎlǐ, nǐ tài hǎo le. Oh, not at all — you're too kind.
  • 哪里,你做得很好。 Nǎlǐ, nǐ zuò de hěn hǎo. Not at all, you did very well.
  • 哪里,我不太会说。 Nǎlǐ, wǒ bú tài huì shuō. Oh no, I don't speak it very well.

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