呢 (ne) — (question particle) used to continue a topic or ask about location: 'what about …?', 'and …?', 'where is …?'; (declarative particle) used at the end of a sentence to indicate an ongoing action or state
Definition
A sentence-final particle with two main uses: it turns a statement into a follow-up question ("what about …?", "where is …?"), and it marks an ongoing state ("still doing …").
particle
(question particle) used to continue a topic or ask about location: 'what about …?''and …?''where is …?'(declarative particle) used at the end of a sentence to indicate an ongoing action or state
Easily confused
Examples
- ，呢？Wǒ hē shuǐ, nǐ ne?I drink water, and you?
- 呢。Tā hái zài kàn shū ne.He is still reading.
- 呢？Wǒ de shū zài nǎ r ne?Where is my book?
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