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哪裡

naa5 leoi5

na3 li5 (PRC), na3 li3 (Taiwan)

[1]where
"I find northern Chinese people actually prefer to say 哪兒. They love rolling those R's!" - tym
[2]no (used in modest denial)

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 4,250,000

哪裡 / 哪里

哪 naa5 naa4 naa1 na3 nai3 ne2 - which?; where?; how?; what?
裡 lei5 leoi5 li3 - inside, village, within

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請問，附近哪裡有藥房呀？國 edit
Excuse me, is there a pharmacy around here?

哪裡，我的漢語不太好。國 edit
No, my Chinese isn't that good.
[Usage of 哪裡's definition [2], for example to reply to a compliment such as 「你的漢語很好。」]

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This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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