呢 (ni1 ne1 nei1 nei4 | ne5 ni2) : final particle; [粵] this

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呢

ni1 ne1 nei1 nei4

ne5 ni2

粵拼: ni1 / nei1
[粵][pron][adj] this, same as 邇

粵拼: ne1 -- 拼音: ne
[1][final particle] used mostly to make a shortened question by repeating only some element of a previous question
[2][interjection] look; there we are; there it is
[3][粵]: level

粵拼: nei4 -- 拼音: ní
[n] woolen cloth

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

呢

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Oct 2009 19:47

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呢位 ni1 wai6*2 = this one; this person 粵

呢個 ni1 go3 ni1 ge4 = this 粵

呢啲 ni1 di1 ni1 di4 = these 粵

呢便 ni1 bin6 ni1 bian4 = here; this side 粵

呢度 ni1 dou6 = here 粵

呢次 ni1 ci3 = this time 粵

呢樣 ni1 joeng6 ni1 yang4 = this type; this kind 粵

唔係呢 m4 hai6 ne1 = otherwise; or else 粵

呢保 li1 bou2 = a label (loanword)

喺呢度 hai2 ni1 dou6 = here; at this place 粵
See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 37 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 117 examples containing 呢

呢隻白酒好正㗎！? 粵
This brand of white wine is really good!

呢間大學好有名㗎！? 粵
This university is very famous!

呢位係我父親。粵
This is my father.

你點解唔打電話畀佢，叫佢改第二日呢？粵
Why don't you phone her and tell her to change it to another day?

呢度有一間警崗粵
There's a police box here.

呢首歌我聽過好多次粵
I‘ve heard this song many times

呢間屋企有地毡粵
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]

我嘅地埗喺呢度粵
My address is here.
[Lit. My address at here.]

麻煩你翻譯呢句畀我聽粵
Would you mind translating this sentence for me?
[Lit. trouble you translate this sentence give me hear. [Marked as level 1 because this is a tremendously useful sentence for learners ;)]]

呢條路非常窄粵
This road is very narrow

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 呢
Unicode code for this character: U+5462 (off-site link)

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