哪裡 (naa5 leoi5 | na3 li5 (PRC), na3 li3 (Taiwan)) : where; no

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哪裡

naa5 leoi5

na3 li5 (PRC), na3 li3 (Taiwan)

[1]where | [粵]: 邊度
northern Chinese people actually prefer to say 哪兒, they love rolling those R's (兒化)
[2] no (used in modest denial)[粵]: 邊度係呀!

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This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

哪裡 / 哪里

This word was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 7th Jun 2010 16:42

Characters in this word:

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

Showing all 2 examples containing 哪裡

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

哪裡，我的漢語不太好。國
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。」]

3 Cantonese Homophones / Homophone Variants for this word:

那裡 naa5 leoi5 na4 li5 (PRC), na4 li3 (Taiwan) = there 國

那裏 naa5 leoi5 na4 li5 (PRC), na4 li3 (Taiwan) = there 國

哪裏 naa5 leoi5 na3 li5 (PRC), na3 li3 (Taiwan) = where? 國

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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.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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