呢

呢	U+5462, 呢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5462

← 呡
[U+5461]

CJK Unified Ideographs

呣 →
[U+5463]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

呢 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口尸心 (RSP), four-corner 6701₁, composition ⿰口尼)

References

KangXi: page 181, character 25

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3430

Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 31

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 609, character 3

Unihan data for U+5462

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		呢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ne (ne⁵)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄋㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ne¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nè / nó / nê
Min Dong (BUC): nì
Min Nan (POJ): --ni / ni / --neh / --nih / ne / --ne / nee / --nee
Wu (Wiktionary): ne (T0)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ne
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄋㄜ
  - Wade–Giles: nê⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .nhe
  - IPA ^(key): /nə/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ne¹
  - Yale: nē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ne¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: né¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɛː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nè / nó
  - Hakka Romanization System: neˇ / no`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ne² / no³
  - IPA: /ne¹¹/, /no³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nè / nê / nó
  - Hakka Romanization System: neˇ / ne´ / no`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ne² / ne¹ / no³
  - IPA: /ne¹¹/, /ne²⁴/, /no³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nì
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡi⁵³/

Note: literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --ni
  - Tâi-lô: --ni
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ni
  - Tâi-lô: ni
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ny
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --neh
  - Tâi-lô: --neh
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --nih
  - Tâi-lô: --nih
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ne
  - Tâi-lô: ne
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --ne
  - Tâi-lô: --ne
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nee
  - Tâi-lô: nee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --nee
  - Tâi-lô: --nee
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ne (T0)
  - IPA ^(key): /ne̞/

Definitions

呢

Sentence-final particle indicating a reciprocal question; used to apply the previously asked question to a new subject. What about ...?; And ...?
- 你呢？ ― Nǐ ne? ― How about you?
- 你覺得呢？ / 你觉得呢？ ― Nǐ juéde ne? ― What do you think?
- 你爸爸好嗎？你媽媽呢？ [MSC, trad.]
  你爸爸好吗？你妈妈呢？ [MSC, simp.]
  Nǐ bàba hǎo ma? Nǐ māma ne? [Pinyin]
  How is your father? And your mom?
Sentence-final particle signalling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words.
Sentence-final particle indicating action in progress, English present continuous. to be ...-ing
- 我們上漢語課呢。 / 我们上汉语课呢。 ― Wǒmen shàng hànyǔ kè ne. ― We are attending a Chinese lesson.
Sentence-final particle used to make questions more indirect, to give the impression that the speaker is speaking to themselves.
- 他去哪兒了呢？ / 他去哪儿了呢？ ― Tā qù nǎr le ne? ― I wonder where he's going?

Usage notes

When expressing an action in progress, 呢 can be used with 正在 (zhèngzài) and 著／着 (zhe) in a sentence. This is the full pattern. Each part is optional.

我們正在上著漢語課呢。 [MSC, trad.]
我们正在上着汉语课呢。 [MSC, simp.]

Wǒmen zhèngzài shàng zhe hànyǔ kè ne. [Pinyin]

We are attending a Chinese lesson.

Compounds

Derived terms from 呢

便是呢

嗎呢／吗呢

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ní (ni²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nei⁴, nei¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nì
Min Dong (BUC): nà̤ / nì
Min Nan (POJ): nî
Wu (Wiktionary): nyi (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ní
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
  - Wade–Giles: nih²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
  - IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: nei⁴, nei¹
  - Yale: nèih, nēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nei⁴, nei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: néi⁴, néi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nei̯²¹/, /nei̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nì
  - Hakka Romanization System: niˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ni²
  - IPA: /ni¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nà̤ / nì
  - IPA ^(key): /nˡɛ⁵³/, /nˡi⁵³/

Note:

nà̤ - “whispering”;
nì - “cloth”.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
  - Tâi-lô: nî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyi (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲi²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠiɪ/▼

Rime
Character	呢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	女夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/niɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳji/
Li Rong	/nji/
Wang Li	/ni/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ní

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*nil/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	呢
Reading #	1/1
No.	9429
Phonetic component	尼
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	尼
Old Chinese	/*nil/

Definitions

呢

^† Only used in 呢喃 (nínán).
^† woollen cloth (for heavy clothing)
呢絨／呢绒 (níróng)

Compounds

Derived terms from 呢

呢呢痴痴
呢喃 (nínán)
呢喃細語／呢喃细语

呢子 (nízi)
呢料
呢絨／呢绒 (níróng)

呢衣
鏡面呢／镜面呢
馬褲呢／马裤呢

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		呢
alt. forms		爾／尔 rare 邇／迩 rare 伊 (ji1) 依 (ji1) 咿 (ji1)

Substrate word. Compare:

Proto-Tai *najᶜ (“this”): Zhuang neix (“this”), Thai นี้ (níi, “this”), Lao ນີ້ (nī, “this”)
Proto-Mon-Khmer *niʔ ~ nih (“this”): Khmer នេះ (nih, “this”)
Proto-Mon-Khmer *naaj (“deictic particle”): Khmer នាយ (niəy, “over there”), Vietnamese này, nầy (“this”), Vietnamese nay (“now”), Vietnamese nấy (“that”)
Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔneinˣ (“this”): White Hmong no (“here, this”)
Proto-Austronesian *nay (“deictic particle: this”), *qani (“proximal deictic: this”), *-ni (“proximal spatio-temporal deixis: this, here; now”): Malay ini (“this”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ni¹, nei¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ni¹, nei¹
  - Yale: nī, nēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ni¹, nei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ni¹, néi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /niː⁵⁵/, /nei̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

呢

(Cantonese) this

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 這 (“this”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		此、斯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		這
Mandarin	Beijing	這
Mandarin	Taiwan	這
Cantonese	Guangzhou	呢、咿
	Hong Kong	呢、咿
	Taishan	該
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	這
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	這
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	這
	Dongshi (Dabu)	這
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	這
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	這
Min Dong	Fuzhou	茲
Min Nan	Xiamen	這
	Quanzhou	只、這
	Zhangzhou	這
	Taipei	這
	Chaozhou	只
	Shantou	只
Wu	Shanghai	搿、迭 old-style、第 obsolete

Usage notes

See 呢個#Usage notes.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǐ (ni³)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ
  - Wade–Giles: nih³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nii
  - IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴/

Definitions

呢

sound
Alternative form of 䛏.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nī (ni¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nī
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧ
  - Wade–Giles: nih¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nhi
  - IPA ^(key): /ni⁵⁵/

Definitions

呢

Only used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ōng mānī bēimēi hōng).

Japanese

Kanji

呢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: に (ni); ねい (nei)
Kan’on: じ (ji); でい (dei)

Korean

Hanja

呢 • (ni) (hangeul 니, McCune–Reischauer ni)

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Vietnamese

Han character

呢 (ni, nài, nấy, nê, nỉ, nì, này)

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