Meaning
how; which; that; those; that; those
Chinese: 指示代词，表示较远或已提到的人和事。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “na” becomes a different word in each tone. 那 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 那些nà xiēthose
- 那里nà lithere; that place
- 那边nà bianover there; yonder
- 那儿nà rthere
- 那么nà melike that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so
Example Sentence
那座山很高。Nà zuò shān hěn gāo.That mountain is very tall.
那Nàthat座zuòseat山shānmountain很hěnvery高gāohigh。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Originally a place-name character (right side 阝, a settlement). It was taken over as the demonstrative ‘that’, the far-pointing partner of 这.
A way to remember it
The far-pointing ‘that’, opposite 这.
Easy to confuse with
- 这‘This’: the near-pointing counterpart of 那.