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哪里

nǎ lǐ

Source form: 哪裏 / 哪里
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment / also written 哪裡|哪里
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1493dc31f7078c39. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

哪裏 哪里 [na3 li3] /where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to question)/humble expression denying compliment/also written 哪裡|哪里/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Source form: 哪裡 / 哪里
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-71cc7627152a6316. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

哪裡 哪里 [na3 li3] /where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to question)/humble expression denying compliment/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

The definitions above are from CC-CEDICT. Examples and usage notes are available on selected entries.

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Other forms in these source records: 哪裏 / 哪裡

  • 哪
    nǎ

    how / which

    na

    (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a] after a word ending in "n")

    né

    used in 哪吒[Né zhā] / Taiwan pr. [nuó]

    něi

    which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

  • 里
    lǐ

    lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[lǐ] / li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels

    Lǐ

    surname Li

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.