Pinyin Syllable

Chinese characters pronounced ne

Learn common Chinese characters pronounced ne, including 呢 ne / ní. Compare tones, meanings, traditional forms, words, and example sentences.

How to Pronounce This Syllable

For ne, start on n and let it run into e without pausing; keep the mouth moving and hold the tone to the end.

Start the syllable on the initial n, then run straight into the final e — keep them joined instead of sounding out separate English letters.

Settle the final e into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.

Only one common character is read ne (呢 ne / ní) — focus on locking in its tone.

ne turns up here with 1 different tone; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.

Taking the 5 here: 呢 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.

Seeing ne inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.

1 common character in this group.