呐
吶Meanings
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- 1.battle cry
- 1.sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊[ne a] or variant of 哪[na])
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Wiktionary
- 1.Sentence-final particle indicating a reciprocal question; used to apply the previously asked question to a new subject. What about ...?; And ...?
- 2.Where is ...?; Where are ...?
- 3.Sentence-final particle signalling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words.
- 4.Sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state, English present continuous. to be ...-ing
- 5.Sentence-final particle used to make questions more indirect, to give the impression that the speaker is speaking to themself.
- 6.Sentence-final particle expressing anger.
- 7.Sentence-final particle, equivalent to 啊 (a).
- 8.slow of speech; speaking in a clumsy manner
- 9.taciturn; speaking little
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *nil): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 尼 (OC *nil) Ota (1987) suggests that the particle used in questions comes from 聻 (MC nriX) [Five Dynasties], a particle which may come from 爾 (MC nyeX, “that”), and that the particle used to indicate an action in progress comes from earlier 哩 [Yuan dynasty], which may come from 裏 (MC liX, “place”) [Tang dynasty–Five Dynasties].
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