呢 ne
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ne
particle
question particle for subjects already mentioned
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Modal Particle 语气助词
Notes: 1. 呢 can be placed at the end of an affirmative; negative question to indicate uncertainty. 2. 呢 can be placed at the tail of a sentence with an interrogative pronoun to indicate conjecture. 3. 呢 can be used in a question with an alternative to indicate a tone of interrogation. 4. 呢 can be appended to a noun or pronoun to ask a one-member question. 5. 呢 can be used at the end of a declaritive sentence to indicate that an action or condition is still continuing (Sun 2006, loc. 855). -
ní
noun
woolen material
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 呢呢 garrulous; talkative
- 呢呢痴痴(呢呢癡癡) docile
- 呢喃 twittering of birds; whispering; murmuring
- 花呢 tweed; checkered cloth
- 台面呢(臺面呢) baize; felt (especially billiards table cover)
- 呢子 woolen cloth
- 制服呢 tweed cloth (used for military uniforms etc)
- 格子呢 tartan; plaid
- 怎么说呢(怎麼說呢) Why is that?; How come?
- 格子花呢 tartan; plaid
- 软呢(軟呢) tweed
- 着呢(著呢) comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather
- 斜纹软呢(斜紋軟呢) tweed
- 管他呢 don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway
- 华达呢(華達呢) gabardine
- 呢喃细语(呢喃細語) whispering in a low voice; murmuring
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 51
- 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 43
- 第二回 Chapter 28 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 38
- 第二回 Chapter 85 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 35
- 第二回 Chapter 84 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
- 第二回 Chapter 97 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
- 第二回 Chapter 7 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 33
- 第二回 Chapter 6 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 31
- 第二回 Chapter 64 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 27
- 第二回 Chapter 31 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 27