呢 ne
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 尼 Buddhist nun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
呢
ne
particle for questions (what about…?) and ongoing actions
Character
Example phrases
- 我很好，你呢？ Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne? I'm fine, and you?
- 我的书呢？ Wǒ de shū ne? Where's my book?
- 他在哪儿呢？ Tā zài nǎr ne? Where is he?
Related words
- 了 le particle for a completed action or a change
- 吧 ba particle for suggestions (let's…) or guesses (…right?)
- 的 de possessive particle ('s, of)
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 着 zhe particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)
- 子 zi noun suffix
- 都 dōu all, both
- 也 yě also, too
- 还 hái still, yet; also
- 还有 háiyǒu there is still; and also
- 就 jiù then, right away; just
- 再 zài again; then