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呢 (Kangxi radical 30,口+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input口尸心 (RSP),four-corner6701₁,composition⿰口尼)

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 181, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3430
• Dae Jaweon: page 399, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 609, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5462

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].

呢

1. Sentence-final particle indicating a reciprocal question; used to apply the previously asked question to a new subject. What about ...?; And ...?

   你呢？  ― Nǐne?  ― How about you?

   噉我呢？[Cantonese]  ― gam² ngo⁵ne¹?[Jyutping]  ― What about me?

   你覺得呢？／你觉得呢？  ― Nǐ juédene?  ― What do you think?

   你爸爸好嗎？你媽媽呢？[MSC,trad.]
   你爸爸好吗？你妈妈呢？[MSC,simp.]

   Nǐ bàba hǎo ma? Nǐ māmane?[Pinyin]

   How is your father?And your mom?

   1. Where is ...?; Where are ...?

      我手機呢？／我手机呢？  ― Wǒ shǒujīne?  ―  Where is my phone?

      你人呢？  ― Nǐ rénne?  ―  Where are you?

2. Sentence-final particle signalling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words.

   今天我倆值日，我這兒正掃著地，他呢，一溜煙兒跑了。[MSC,trad.]
   今天我俩值日，我这儿正扫着地，他呢，一溜烟儿跑了。[MSC,simp.]

   Jīntiān wǒ liǎ zhírì, wǒ zhèr zhèng sǎo zhe dì, tāne, yīliūyānr pǎo le.[Pinyin]

   He and I were on cleaning duty today. I was sweeping the room when he got away in a flash.

3. Sentence-final particle indicating continuation of an action or state, Englishpresent continuous. to be ...-ing

   我們上漢語課呢。[MSC,trad.]
   我们上汉语课呢。[MSC,simp.]

   Wǒmen shàng hànyǔ kène.[Pinyin]

   Weare attending a Chinese lesson.

4. Sentence-final particle used to make questions more indirect, to give the impression that the speaker is speaking to themself.

   他去哪兒了呢？／他去哪儿了呢？  ― Tā qù nǎr lene?  ―  I wonder where he's going?

   • 2007,钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong],上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn],上海辞书出版社, page309:

     伊來呢勿來？[Shanghainese,trad.]
     伊来呢勿来？[Shanghainese,simp.]

     ⁶yi⁶le⁰gni⁸veq-le[Wugniu]

     Is he coming or not?

5. (Shanghainese)Sentence-final particle expressing anger.
   • 2007,钱乃荣 [Qian Nairong],上海话大词典 [Shànghǎihuà dàcídiǎn],上海辞书出版社, page309:

     早點介講呢！到現在再講。[Shanghainese,trad.]
     早点介讲呢！到现在再讲。[Shanghainese,simp.]

     ⁵tsau-ti⁵ka⁵kaon⁰gni⁵tau⁶yi-ze⁵tse⁵kaon[Wugniu]

     You should have said it sooner, not now!

When expressing an action in progress,呢 can be used with正在 (zhèngzài) and著／着 (zhe) in a sentence. This is the full pattern. Each part is optional. The use of 呢 implies a contrastive mood.

我們正在上著漢語課呢。[MSC,trad.]
我们正在上着汉语课呢。[MSC,simp.]

Wǒmenzhèngzài shàngzhe hànyǔ kène.[Pinyin]

But weare (still) in Chinese classnow.

“cloth”

FromFrenchlaine. In《明史》, this word is also written as嗹／𪡏. Cognate withCantonese冷 (laang5-1).

呢

1. used in呢喃 (nínán)
2. woollencloth (forheavyclothing)

   呢絨／呢绒  ― níróng  ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1853,陳逢衡[Chen Fengheng;Chin Hōkō], edited by荒木謇,𠸄咭唎紀略 [Yingjili jilüe; Egeresu kiryaku]‎^[1],page unknown:

     男人衣服穿呢。惟女人穿各色紬緞。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     男人衣服穿呢。惟女人穿各色绸缎。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     Nánrén yīfú chuānní. Wéi nǚrén chuān gèsè chōuduàn.[Pinyin]

     the men wearwoolen clothing; only the women wear vivid silks and satins

Substrate word. Compare:

• Proto-Tai*najꟲ(“this”):Zhuangneix(“this”),Thaiนี้(níi,“this”),Laoນີ້(nī,“this”)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer*niʔ ~ nih(“this”):Khmerនេះ(nih,“this”)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer*naaj(deictic particle):Khmerនាយ(niəy,“over there”),Vietnamesenày,nầy(“this”),Vietnamesenay(“now”),Vietnamesenấy(“that”)
• Proto-Hmong-Mien*ʔneinˣ(“this”):White Hmongno(“here, this”)
• Proto-Austronesian*nay(“this”,deictic particle),*qani(“this”,proximal deictic particle),*-ni(“this, here; now”,proximal spatio-temporal deictic suffix):Malayini(“this”).

呢

1. (Cantonese)this

• Unlike Mandarin這／这 (zhè),呢 cannot be used alone without a following classifier. See呢個#Usage notes.

呢

1. (Cantonese)hey;Used to raise attention of the listener
   • 1957, 5:17 from the start, in鬼夜哭 [The Nightly Cry of the Ghost]‎^[2],謝賢 (actor):

     呢，你同我搦減啲嘢吖！[Cantonese,trad.]
     呢，你同我搦减啲嘢吖！[Cantonese,simp.]

     ne², nei⁵ tung⁴ ngo⁵ nik¹ gam² di¹ je⁵ aa¹![Jyutping]

     Hey, hold some of the stuff for me!

From clipping ofEnglishlevel.

呢

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, gaming)levels(in a video game)
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively)levels in a society;social class

呢

1. sound
2. alternative form of䛏(ní)

呢

1. only used in唵嘛呢叭咪吽 (ǎn mānī bēimēi hōng)

呢

1. (Southern Min)Used in some question words.

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on:に(ni)、ねい(nei)
• Kan-on:じ(ji)^{←ぢ(di,historical)}、でい(dei)

呢 (eum니(ni))

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呢:Hán Việt readings:ni^[1][2][3]
呢:Nôm readings:nỉ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]},nì^{[1][2][3][4][6][7]},này^[1][6][7],nài^[1][2],nấy^[1][2],nê^[2],nầy^[6],nơi^[6]

1. chữ Nôm form ofnày(“this;here”)
2. chữ Nôm form ofnầy(“(Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, somewhat dated)alternative form ofnày(“this”)”)
3. chữ Nôm form ofnỉ(“used innăn nỉ(“tobeg”)”)
4. chữ Nôm form ofnơi(“place”)

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