那 (nà / nèi) means That (those), That. Below are 24 of the 193 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
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From the graded readers
那 时候只要十分钟。
nàshí hòu zhǐyào shífēn zhōng.
Then it only takes ten minutes.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
那 天下午我很不高兴。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ wǒ hěn bù gāoxìng.
I felt low all that afternoon.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
那 天我做到夜里一点。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zuòdào yèlǐ yīdiǎn.
I worked until one in the morning that night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
那 天早上，我陪她去车站。
nà / nèi tiān zǎoshang, wǒ péi tā qù chēzhàn.
That morning I went with her to the station.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
那 个人点了点头，没说什么。
nèigè rén diǎn le / liǎo / liào diǎntóu, méi shuō shénme.
The interviewer nodded and said nothing.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
那 天晚上很冷，天已经黑了。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang hěn lěng, tiān yǐjīng hēi le / liǎo / liào.
That evening was cold, and it was already dark.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
那 一刻，我的眼睛忽然湿了。
nà / nèi yīkè, wǒ de(possessive) yǎnjīng hūrán shī le / liǎo / liào.
In that moment my eyes suddenly stung.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
到了 那 里以后，我还是很紧张。
dàole nàli yǐhòu, wǒ háishì hěn jǐnzhāng.
Even so, I was nervous when I got there.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
那 天下午，我一共摔了十一次。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, wǒ yīgòng shuāi le / liǎo / liào shíyī cì.
That afternoon I fell eleven times in all.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
From the travel phrasebook
检票口在 那 边。
Jiǎnpiàokǒu zài nàbiān.
The ticket gate is over there.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
清关需要您 那 边配合。
Qīngguān xūyào nín nàbiān pèihé.
Clearance needs your side to act.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
From the grammar library
请把 那 本书给我。
Qǐng bǎ nà běn shū gěi wǒ.
Please pass me that book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · 把 sentences
这个比 那 个贵得多。
Zhège bǐ nàge guì de duō.
This one is much more expensive than that one.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons
那 appears in 193 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 那
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 那
How is 那 used in a sentence?
This page shows 193 sentences using 那 (nà / nèi, "That (those), That"), 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 那 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 那 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 那 an HSK word?
Yes — 那 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 那?
The dictionary page for 那 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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