ne / ní in a sentence

(question particle); Wollen cloth

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 13 sentences

呢 (ne / ní) means (question particle), Wollen cloth. Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我很好,你

Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?

I am fine, and you?

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

门开着

Mén kāi zhe ne.

The door is open.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

你忙什么

Nǐ máng shénme ne?

What are you busy with?

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

我还没吃饭

Wǒ hái méi chī fàn ne.

I haven't eaten yet.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 ·

From the graded readers

我说:“我很好,你 ?”

wǒ shuō:" wǒ hěnhǎo, nǐ ne / ní?"

I said, "I'm fine, and you?"

Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call

他笑了笑说:“你觉得 ?”

tā xiào le / liǎo / liào xiào shuō:" nǐ juéde ne / ní?"

He smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

她总是先问:“你觉得 ?”

tā zǒngshì xiān wèn:" nǐ juéde ne / ní?"

She always asks first, "What do you think?"

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher

回到家,妈妈看了看,说:“茶 ?”

huídào jiā, māma kànle kàn / kān, shuō:" chá ne / ní?"

When I got home mum looked and said, "Where's the tea?"

Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket

妈妈也来了。她说:“我怎么会忘 ?”

māma yě lái le / liǎo / liào. tā shuō:" wǒ zěnme huì wàng ne / ní?"

Mum came too. She said, "How could I forget?"

Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise

From the travel phrasebook

如果量翻倍

Rúguǒ liàng fānbèi ne?

What if we double the volume?

Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing

From the grammar library

我的手机

Wǒ de shǒujī ne?

Where's my phone?

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 吗 and 呢 questions

他不来,你

Tā bù lái, nǐ ne?

He's not coming — what about you?

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 吗 and 呢 questions

你在做什么

Nǐ zài zuò shénme ne?

What are you doing?

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 在 — location and "-ing"

Questions about 呢

How is 呢 used in a sentence?

This page shows 13 sentences using 呢 (ne / ní, "(question particle), Wollen cloth"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 呢 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 呢 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 呢 an HSK word?

Yes — 呢 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 呢?

The dictionary page for 呢 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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