Meaning
(question particle); woolen material
Chinese: 语气助词；也指呢子布料。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ne” becomes a different word in each tone. 呢 is the 5. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Note: 呢 itself is the neutral (light) tone — short and unstressed.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 呢子ní zidense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 着呢zhe necomes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather
- 呢呢ní nígarrulous; talkative
- 管他呢guǎn tā nedon’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway
- 格子呢gé zi níchecked woolen fabric; plaid
More Words
Example Sentence
我很好，你呢？Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?I am fine, and you?
我WǒI很hěnvery好hǎogood，你nǐyou呢ne(question particle)？
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The mouth radical 口 plus 尼 (sound): read ne, an unstressed final particle (question / continued state: 你呢？正下雨呢); read ní, ‘wool, woolen cloth’ (呢子, 毛呢).
A way to remember it
ne = the final particle (你呢？); ní = wool cloth (呢子).