那里

那里 nàli in a sentence

There

Full dictionary entry 8 sentences

那里 (nàli) means There. Below are 8 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

他一个人坐在 那里 发呆。

Tā yí ge rén zuò zài nàlǐ fādāi.

He sat there alone, staring into space.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 发呆

我是从朋友 那里 间接听说的。

Wǒ shì cóng péngyou nàlǐ jiànjiē tīngshuō de.

I heard it indirectly through a friend.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 间接

过了这么多年,他仍旧住在 那里 。

Guò le zhème duō nián, tā réngjiù zhù zài nàlǐ.

After all these years he still lives there.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仍旧

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From the graded readers

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

我站在 那里 ,觉得又熟悉又陌生。

wǒ zhàn zài nàli, juéde yòu shúxī yòu mòshēng.

I stood there feeling that it was both familiar and strange.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

我们站在 那里 ,忽然都不知道说什么好。

wǒmen zhàn zài nàli, hūrán dōu bùzhī dào shuō shénme hǎo / hào.

We stood there and suddenly neither of us knew what to say.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye

我听完以后,坐在 那里 很长时间说不出话。

wǒ tīngwán yǐhòu, zuò zài nàli hěn cháng / zhǎng shíjiān shuō bùchū huà.

After I heard that I sat there for a long time unable to speak.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding

走到三楼的时候,我看见一位阿姨站在 那里 休息。

zǒudào sān lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ kànjiàn yī wèi āyí zhàn zài nàli xiūxi.

On the third floor I saw a woman standing there resting.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger

Questions about 那里

How is 那里 used in a sentence?

This page shows 8 sentences using 那里 (nàli, "There"), 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.

Where can I see the full entry for 那里?

The dictionary page for 那里 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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