Character Details
| where? | Ascii: — | w655 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 哪里 | nǎlǐ | na-lee | 3+3 | 哪 (口 mouth + 那 that) + 儿 (儿 child radical) | 哪里 link | ||||||
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Not Yet Developed | ||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 1] - 哪里哪里 (nǎlǐ nǎlǐ) is a polite phrase in Chinese, often used in response to compliments. It roughly means"Oh, not at all" or "You're too kind."This phrase is a humble way to deflect praise and express modesty. If someone says 你很聪明! (Nǐ hěn cōngmíng! – "You're very smart!"), you might respond with 哪里哪里!as a way to politely reject the compliment while appreciating it. | |||||||||||
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| - That's nothing | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; question | 哪 (口 mouth + 那 that) + 里 (土 earth + 里 village) | ||||||||||
| The questioning “which/where” (哪) plus place (里) — where. | |||||||||||