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Chinese dictionary
- 1
auxiliary word(used at the end of a special, alternative, or rhetorical sentence to indicate a question)
你们都去，我呢？
You are all going. What about me?
那我们怎么办呢？
What should we do?
我错在哪儿呢？
What have I done wrong?
- 2
auxiliary word(marker of a special, alternative or rhetorical question)
你是想吃面条呢，还是想吃米饭？
What do you want, noodles or rice?
- 3
auxiliary word(used at the end of a declarative sentence to reinforce the assertion or play up the effect of exaggeration)
小麦长得才好呢。
The wheat is coming along fine.
他们的收获可不小呢。
They've reaped a lot of benefits.
晚场电影八点才开始呢。
The night show of the movie won't start until eight.
- 4
auxiliary word(used at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate an action in progress)
天正下着雨呢。
It's raining now.
她正在井边打水呢。
She's fetching water from the well.
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auxiliary word(used to mark a pause in the middle of a sentence)
想来呢，就来；不想来呢，就算了。
Come if you want to, forget it if you don't want to.
我呢，骑自行车去，你们呢，就坐汽车去。
I'm going by bike, and you may go by bus.
现在呢，可比往年强多了。
Now it is a lot better than in the past.
Word usage
- NoteWhen prounonced as "ne", "呢" is a modal particle. When pronounced as "ní", it means things, such as "呢子大衣"; besides it is also used for onomatopoeia, such as "呢喃".