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哪儿哪兒 nǎr — where

nǎr (third tone, dipping)na3r

Traditional: 哪兒

where

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 1· Three-band, nine-level standardpronoun
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Meanings

  1. where

    The question word for place. Like every Chinese question word it stays where the answer belongs — after 在 or 去 — so 你在哪儿 is answered by 我在家 with no reordering.

    pronoun

Northern speakers say 哪儿 nǎr; in the south and in Taiwan the same question is 哪里 nǎlǐ. The two are interchangeable.

Character breakdown

  • 儿兒
    ér (second tone, rising)

    child; son (in 儿子); the retroflex suffix -r written after a noun

    2 strokesRadical 儿

Example sentences

  • 你在哪儿？你在哪兒？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) nǎr? (third tone, dipping)···

    Where are you?

  • 我们去哪儿吃饭？我們去哪兒吃飯？Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) qù (fourth tone, falling) nǎr (third tone, dipping) chīfàn? (first tone, high and level)···

    Where shall we go to eat?

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