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 36344 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

喺呢處 hai2 ni1 syu3 = at this place 粵

呢等人 ni1 ting2 jan4 = this kind of people 粵

呢陣 ni1 zan6 = at that time 粵

呢陣時 ni1 zan6 si4 = at this time 粵

你呢 nei5 ne1 ni3 ne5 = you (in a question form); you (common formation)

呢等 ne1 ting2 = this kind of... 粵

雲呢拿 wan4*6 nei1 naa4*2 = vanilla 粵

呢排 ni1 paai4/4*2 = recently; of late 粵

呢處 ni1 syu3 = here 粵

呢邊 ni1 bin1 = this way

呢隻 ni1 zek3 = this kind

冇呢個人 mou5 ni1 go3 jan4 = "no such person" (on telephone) 粵

呢勻 ni1 wan4 ni1 yun2 = this time 粵

呢輪 ni1 leon4 ni1 lun2 = lately 粵

呢幾日 ni1 gei2 jat6 = in these days; recently 粵

呢世 ni1 sai3 = the whole/rest of one's life

如果唔係呢 jyu4 gwo2 m4 hai6 ne1 = otherwise; or else 粵

騎呢 ke4 ne4 ; ke4 le4 = odd; weird; strange; bizarre; offbeat; eccentric 粵

花呢花碌 faa1 li1 faa1 luk1 = colorful 粵

花呢碌 faa1 li1 luk1 = colorful 粵

點算好呢? dim2 syun3 hou2 ne1 = What can I/we do? 粵

响呢度 hoeng2 ni1 dou6 = at this place 粵

响呢處 hoeng2 ni1 syu3 = at this place 粵

呢班人 ni1 baan1 jan4 = this kind of people, these people 粵

升呢 sing1 ne1 = to go up a level in a videogame or level-up in an online game such as Warcraft 粵

又呢又嘮 yau6 ni1 yau6 lou3 = first this then that; undecided 粵

高呢 gou1 ne1 = high level 粵

Showing all 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

呢頭有冇郵局呀？粵
Is there a post office in the area?
[Lit. this area have not-have post-office [particle]?]

呢架係二手車嚟㗎粵
This car is second-hand.

唔知點解呢排成日都頭痛呀。粵
I don't know why I've been getting so many headaches lately.

呢個用廣東話點講呀? 粵
How do you say this in Cantonese?

呢個價錢貴過平時嘅。粵
This price is higher than normal.

我呢排食少咗嘢粵
I've recently been eating less.

呢排我成日都睇電視粵
Recently I've been watching tv all day.

每年呢個時候總係咁忙碌粵
It is always so busy this time of the year.

我們什麼時候擺聖誕裝飾呢？國
When will we put up the Christmas decorations?

呢個聖誕唔好飲醉呀! 粵
Don't get drunk this Christmas!

呢個聖誕唔好為咗我使錢！粵
Don't spend your money on me this Christmas!

究竟有雞先，定係有蛋先呢？粵 ?!
Actually, does chicken come first or egg first?

當你睇到呢封信嘅時候﹐我已經離開咗香港。粵
By the time you read this letter, I will have already left Hong Kong.
[This line of dialogue is often heard in TV soap operas! :-)]

點先可以學好廣東話呢？粵
How actually can I learn Cantonese well?
[點先 is the abbreviated form of 點樣先至。先至 means ‘really; actually’ here, often used with 呢 at the end of a sentence for emphasis. See this thread for details: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,111468,111471#msg-1114]

以前呢度啲生意重做得下嘅，但而家就喎呵囉粵
Doing business here used to be all right, but now, it's over.

佢適合做呢份工。粵
He is fit for the job.

呢份工啱晒佢做。粵
This job is fit for him.

先生，請問有啲咩可以幫到你嘅呢？粵
Sir, how can I help you?

唔好買呢啲有防腐劑嘅食物！粵
Don't buy food with preservatives!
[Lit. Don't buy these have preservatives (of) food]

呢個係雲石地板粵
This is a marble floor.

呢度有地毡粵
There's a carpet here.

我見到呢度有一間唔係好大嘅警崗粵
I can see a police box that's not very big here.
[Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]

我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making!
[Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我好鐘意佢嘅聲音㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I very like his sound [particle]. Note that 㗎 can be used interchangeably with 囉 here.]

我對呢一點好有信心粵
I‘m very confident about this.
[Lit. I towards this point very confident]

我對呢一點好有自信粵
I have a lot of self-confidence about it.
[Lit. I toward this one point very self-confident.]

呢一首好聽過你嗰隻好多呀粵
This song is much nicer to listen to than yours!
[Lit. This one [counter for songs] good-listen surpass yours [particle] lots]

其實呢，我有老公㗎…仲有個女添粵
Actually, I have a husband... and a daughter to boot!
[呢 is sometimes used to separate conjunctive adverbs from the rest of the sentence: equally valid would be 咁其實呢.]

你哋呢，係咪有好多男朋友㗎粵
You must be popular with the boys!
[Lit. you [plural] [clause delimiter], is-or-is-it-not have many boyfriend [particle]]

呢間房黑猛猛粵
This room is pitch black.

呢度有我份漫畫作品粵
Here's some of the manga I've produced.
[Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]

呢個白酒有少少澀粵 ?!
This white wine is a little bitter.

呢個實驗最緊要係記性粵
It's vital to remember what you're doing in this experiment.
[Lit. this [counter] experiment[,] most important is memory Translated more directly: "the most important thing about this experiment is memory", but I don't think that's what's meant since the context is a chemistry experiment rather than psychology.]

呢啲珍珠好韌㗎粵
These bubbles are very chewy!
[Lit. this [plural counter] pearl very chewy [particle] Note: 珍珠/bubbles refers to 珍珠奶茶, bubble milk tea. The "bubbles" are black spheres a few mm in diameter. ]

呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk.
[Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]

呢啲蚊𧕴痕到死！粵
These bites are damn itchy!
[Lit. This [plural counter] mosquito-bite itchy-arrive-die!]

呢件衫你愛唔愛㗎？粵
Do you want this piece of clothing?
[Lit. this piece clothing you want not want [particle]?]

呢杯水你仲愛唔愛？粵
Do you still want this glass of water?
[Note that the final syllable can be changed to something resembling tone 2 to form a question.]

乜呢間酒店咁噏耷㗎? 點會有人幫襯呀? 粵
Why's this hotel such a mess? How will anyone want to come here?
[Lit. what this [counter] hotel so shabby [particle]? How would have person would frequent [particle]]

呢個旅遊團以香港人為主。粵
This tourist group consists mainly of Hongkong people.
[以...為主 = take ... as the main thing]

呢部機器好容易操作。粵
It's easy to operate this machine.
[Whilst the English version needs a dummy subject "it", the Chinese version needs no subject with "this machine" functioning as a topic of the sentence.]

佢存放咗幾本書喺我呢處。粵
He has left a number of books with me.

你呢條計好陰濕。粵
Your plot is very wicked.

我花呢筆錢唔會覺得肉赤。粵
I don't feel any pain in spending this amount of money.

我諗呢個方案以三個月為期可以做完。粵
I believe this project can be completed within three months.

年卅呀晚呢度人山人海直情水泄不通粵
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.

估唔到會喺呢度見到你! 粵
Fancy seeing you here!
[See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

呢棟大廈有自來水粵
This building has "self-arrived" ("running") water.

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

畀埋呢啲過佢粵
Give these to him as well!

佢走咗好多冤枉路, 先至搵到呢份工。粵
He has taken many a roundabout way before finding this job.

呢份工做到嗍氣。粵
This job involves strenuous work.
[[i]lit.[/i] this job work till gasp breath Note: "job" is topic, not subject. Extent particle 到 is followed by verb phrase 嗍氣.]

呢笪地方好污糟粵
This place is very dirty.

呢隻古仔好㜺鬼粵
This story is really interesting.

呢件事關重大，佢擔唔擔戴得起啊?
Is he able to bear the responsibility of such an important matter?

呢篇文講緊一個啱啱死嘅人。粵
This article is about a recently deceased person.
[(Wikipedia)]

呢份工冇以前咁他條粵
This job is not as relaxed as the previous one.

呢件事，眞係冇符喇粵
I'm at wits end for this matter

呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.

呢𢱢蘋果你攞去食啦粵
Take and eat this slice of apple

老細請呢餐我哋都食到依牙鬆槓粵
The treat from my boss was wonderful and the food was great!

我做呢份工唔係為錢而係為自己開心。粵
I do this job not for the money, but rather for my happiness.

呢幾百文真係及時雨囉粵
This few hundred dollars is really great help at the right time.

見你咁有誠意我就勉為其難原諒你呢次！粵
Since you’re so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you just this once!

呢兩件事係打邊爐同打屎窟，邊可以相提並論粵
These two issues are as different as chalk is from cheese, how can they be put together and be compared at all?

我同你冇仇噃，點解次次省波餅我食呢？粵
I didn't do anything to piss you off. Why are you throwing/kicking/[whatever action is appropriate] the ball at my body every time?
[Alternative translation: There's no grudge between us, why are you hitting me with the balls that you return?]

請厾呢度入網址查詢粵
Please click here to access the website for information.

呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

咪又係我呢條老鬼！粵
It's just me, the old guy!

乜呢張廣告貼到周街都係㗎! 粵
This advertisement is being posted all over the place!

呢杯酒冇咁掯，啱你飲粵
This glass of wine is not so strong; suitable for you.

你對自瀆有乜睇法呢？粵
What are your views on masturbation?

或者呢個係佢褻瀆神明應得嘅報應粵
This probably is the punishment he gets for blaspheming against the deities.

舊底呢種玩具風靡一時，而家唔興㗎喇。粵
This type of toy was once very fashionable and popular. Now it is no longer an 'in thing'.

呢嚿肉鬼咁韌嚙極都唔入粵
This piece of meat is too tough. I just cannot bite on it.

同咁多對手競爭，點樣先至得令到自己脫穎而出呢粵
With so many other competitors, how can I ensure that I stand out from the rest?

佢呢招真係令人猝不及防！
I was caught off-guard by this sudden move of his.

呢度啱啱線放得雪櫃粵
This place is just nice for a fridge

我知道呢個係不爭嘅事實粵
I know this is the undeniable truth.

我地一定會將呢件事查到水落石出。粵
we must investigate this incident till the truth comes out.
[[also]查個水落石出 ]

呢度小小心意，希望你笑納。粵
Here is a little regards(gift), hope you would accept it gladly.
[心意 is literally [n] "kind regards/ thoughts", it symbolizes a gift or a present.]

我未試過對我老婆唔住，你呢？粵
I have never cheated on my wife, (how about) you? [Literally] I haven't tried (and did something that I) cannot face to my wife, you?
[whether it means "cannot face to/cannot confront with" or "sorry",to 對唔住 someone you're romantically involved,it mostly refers to you "cheat". Otherwise, it can means you did something that disappointed the other or you let someone down.]

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

我哋會瞓身去做好呢份工。粵
We'll give this job our best shot.

呢一帶嘅房屋受員工青睞粵
The workers favour houses in this area.

見到你頭先嘅樣，我諗你已經知道咗呢本唔係普通嘅筆記啦粵
Based on your expression just now, I guess you already know that this isn't an ordinary notebook.
[Lit. see-arrive you just-not (possessive particle) expression, I think you already know-already, this (counter) isn't ordinary (possessive particle) notebook.]

細佬，冇人鐘意喺公眾地方著衫嘅，但係呢啲係法律呀粵
Kid, no-one likes to wear clothes in public, but it's the law!
[Lit. child, have-no people like in public place wear-clothes [particle], however these are law [particle]]

呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]

呢盤生意係蝕本生意嚟㗎粵
This venture... is loss-making.
[Lit. this [counter] business is loss-making business [explanatory particle]]

你想學做生意呢，第一樣嘢就係要學奸粵
If you wanna be a businessman, the first thing you gotta learn is how to play dirty.
[Lit. you want study do business, number one [counter] thing is-exactly study wickedness]

聽講話近排有隻獵豹喺呢頭殺咗三個人粵
I heard there's a cheetah who killed three people recently.
[Lit. hear-say-speech recently have [counter] cheetah at this area kill-[particle indicating completeness] three people See this thread for discussion on grammar: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,111098,111192#msg-111192]

其實我好想同佢掟煲，但係因為次次同佢講呢件事佢都喊得好慘，所以到而家我都唔敢同佢講分手粵
Actually I really want to break up with her, but I daren't suggest it. Every time I mention it, she bursts into tears.
[Lit. actually I very want with her break-up, however because time-time with her also speak this [counter] matter she cry manner very pitiful, therefore arrive now I not dare with her speak split hand.]

可唔可以解釋一下點解妳會無端端被人拉呢？粵
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason?
[Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]

呢袋衫躉喺你度先。粵
I'll leave this bag of clothes with you for the time being.

你點都要諗辦法帶佢嚟呢度。粵
You must bring him here by fair means or foul.

我哋不斷收到呢啲冇用嘅傳單﹐實在討厭。粵
We keep getting these unwanted flyers; they're a real nuisance.
[In the second part of sentence, the English version uses "they" to show a change of new subject. The Cantonese version does not need a new subject which is understood.]

呢隻藥醫得翻好個病人。粵
This medicine is able to cure the patient.
[The verb 醫 is followed by three particles: 得, 翻, 好. 得 is potential particle; 翻 is resumptive marker; 好 is resultative particle. ]

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

呢啲山路係咁𪙛𠸉㗎喇，千祈要用低波行呀。粵
You must engage low gears when you drive as these mountain roads are very uneven.

呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵
Can he really do this piece of job?
[In this example 做 and 咩 are separate. Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately).]

呢兩件事根本就係藤㨢瓜瓜㨢藤分唔開㗎粵
These two matters are deeply entangled together. There is no way to separate them apart.

呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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