那

Character	那
Codepoint	U+90A3

See also: 哪, 那么, and 邦

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 冄 (“fur”) + semantic 阝 (“city”)

Originally the name of a city; later borrowed for a distal demonstrative.

Han character

那 (radical 163 邑+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸手弓中 (SQNL), four-corner 1752₇)

1. that, that one, those

References

• KangXi: page 1268, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39305
• Dae Jaweon: page 1767, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3760, character 4
• Unihan data for U+90A3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

那 (Jyutping aa6, naa5, naa6, no1, no4, no5, Yale a6, na5, na6, no1, no4, no5)

Synonyms

• 嗰

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Hakka

Hanzi

那 (POJ ná (na²), Hagfa Pinyim na1, na3, na4)

References

• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

那

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: だ (da), な (na)
• Kun: なんぞ (nanzo), なに (nani),いかん (ikan), やす (yasu), とも (tomo),

Compounds

• 与那原 (よなばる, yonabaru)

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Korean

Hanja

那 (na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune-Reischauer na, Yale na)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

那 (Pinyin nà (na4), nuó (nuo2), nuò (nuo4), nèi (nei4), nǎ (na3), něi (nei3), né (ne2), nuó (nuo2), nā (na1), Wade-Giles na⁴, no², no⁴, nei⁴, na³, nei³, ne², no², na¹)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nǎ, něi)

1. which

Usage notes

The "něi" pronouciation is used in Beijing

Conjunction

那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nà, nè)

1. so; that

   used after 咋, 咋就

2. then; in that case

   那我呢? nà wǒ ne?

   (then) what about me?

   你不喜欢这份工作? 那你怎麽不辞掉呢? nǐ bù xǐhuan zhè fèn gōngzuò? nà nǐ zěnme bù cí diào ne?

   You don' t like your job ? In that case why don' t you leave ?

Usage notes

The "nè" pronouciation is used in Beijing

Pronoun

那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nà, nèi)

1. that, those
   • John 1.8

     他不是那光，乃是要为光作见证。

     Tā bùshì nà guāng, nǎishì yào wèi guāng zuò jiànzhèng.

     He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

   • Genesis 3.11

     耶和华说，谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？

     Yēhéhuá shuō , shuí gàosu nǐ chìshēnlòutǐ ne , mòfēi nǐ chī le wǒ fēnfu nǐ bùkĕ chī de nà shù shàng de guǒzi ma .

     And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

   • Dàshuǐ Guòhòu (After the Flood)

     那年我將近十嵗，住在四川成都郊區的百花橋。

     那年我将近十岁，住在四川成都郊区的百花桥。

     Nà nián wǒ jiāngjìn shí suì, zhù zài Sìchuān Chéngdū jiāoqū d Bǎihuā Qiáo.

     That year, I was about ten years old, living in Sichuan Province in a suburb of Chengdu city called Hundred Flowers Bridge.

   那人是谁? nà rén shì shéi?

   who is that person?

   那是什么? nà shì shénme?

   What's that?

Usage notes

The "nèi" pronouciation is used in Beijing

Proper Noun

那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nā)

1. A surname​.

Adjective

那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nuó)

1. (archaic) beautiful
2. (archaic) variant of 挪

Proper Noun

那 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nuó)

1. A surname​.

References

• "那" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-03-17.
• "Jukuu" (in Mandarin/English), URL accessed on 2014-03-17.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

那 (na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

那 (na, ná, nả, nà)