那个 (nèigè) means That (that one). Below are 24 of the 35 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
文件在 那个 夹子里。
Wénjiàn zài nàge jiāzi lǐ.
The documents are in that folder.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 夹子
那个 时代没有手机。
Nàge shídài méiyǒu shǒujī.
There were no mobile phones in that era.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 时代
那个 男孩子是我弟弟。
Nàge nán háizi shì wǒ dìdi.
That boy is my younger brother.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 男
那个 女孩子是我妹妹。
Nàge nǚ háizi shì wǒ mèimei.
That girl is my younger sister.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 女
我们坐船去 那个 城市。
Wǒmen zuò chuán qù nàge chéngshì.
We are taking a boat to that city.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 船
你还记得 那个 地方吗?
Nǐ hái jìde nàge dìfang ma?
Do you still remember that place?
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 记得
那个 年代生活很简单。
Nàge niándài shēnghuó hěn jiǎndān.
Life was simple in that era.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 年代
他仍然住在 那个 小城市。
Tā réngrán zhù zài nàge xiǎo chéngshì.
He still lives in that small city.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 仍然
他跳下水去救 那个 孩子。
Tā tiào xià shuǐ qù jiù nàge háizi.
He jumped into the water to save that child.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 救
闻到 那个 味道我就恶心。
Wéndào nàge wèidào wǒ jiù ěxin.
That smell makes me feel sick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恶心
他被驱逐出了 那个 国家。
Tā bèi qūzhú chū le nàge guójiā.
He was expelled from that country.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 驱逐
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From the graded readers
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
我认出了中间 那个 人——是我妈妈。
wǒ rènchū le / liǎo / liào zhōngjiān nèigè rén—— shì wǒ māma.
I recognised the one in the middle — it was my mother.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
那个 声音又重又慢,像有人在搬东西。
nèigè shēngyīn yòu zhòng / chóng yòu màn, xiàng yǒurén zài bān dōngxī.
It was heavy and slow, like someone moving furniture.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
下车的时候,我几乎认不出 那个 地方。
xià chē de / dì shíhou, wǒ jīhū rèn bùchū nèigè dìfang.
Getting off the coach, I could hardly recognise the place.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
原来 那个 声音不是搬东西,是他的拐杖。
yuánlái nèigè shēngyīn búshì bān dōngxī, shì tāde guǎi zhàng.
So the noise wasn't furniture at all — it was his walking stick.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Neighbour Upstairs
可是我喜欢 那个 每天都能说到做到的自己。
kěshì wǒ xǐhuan nèigè měitiān dōu néng shuōdào zuòdào de / dì zìjǐ.
But I do like the version of me who does what he says he'll do, every day.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
我在 那个 房子里住了八年,东西比我想的多得多。
wǒ zài nèigè fángzi lǐ zhùle bānián, dōngxī bǐ wǒ xiǎng de / dì duō deduō.
I'd lived in that flat for eight years, and had far more stuff than I'd thought.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我又看了一遍 那个 网页,发现颜色和尺寸我都选错了。
wǒ yòu kànle yī biàn nèigè wǎngyè, fāxiàn yánsè hé chǐcun wǒ dōu xuǎn cuò le / liǎo / liào.
I looked at the web page again and found I'd picked the wrong colour and the wrong size.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
那天晚上我找到了火车站。可是我一直记得的,是 那个 红薯。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang wǒ zhǎodàole huǒchēzhàn. kěshì wǒ yìzhí jìde de / dì, shì nèigè hóngshǔ.
I found the station that night. But what I've remembered ever since is the sweet potato.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
照片背面写着一个日期和一个名字,可是 那个 名字她也想不起来了。
zhàopiàn bēi miàn xiězhe yīgè rìqī hé yīgè míngzi, kěshì nèigè míngzi tā yě xiǎng bù qǐlai le / liǎo / liào.
On the back was a date and a name, but even she couldn't place the name.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
From the grammar library
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
那个 appears in 35 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.
Questions about 那个
How is 那个 used in a sentence?
This page shows 35 sentences using 那个 (nèigè, "That (that one)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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