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The word "哪儿" is formed by combining the interrogative character "哪", meaning "which", with the syllable "儿", which here functions as a colloquial suffix that does not carry independent meaning but creates a informal, dialect-specific variant for "where", primarily used in northern Mandarin.

Example Sentences Hide

你在哪儿工作？

Nǐ zài nǎr gōngzuò?

Where do you work?

你知道哪儿有超市吗？

Nǐ zhīdào nǎr yǒu chāoshì ma?

Do you know where there is a supermarket?

不管哪儿我都愿意去。

Bùguǎn nǎr wǒ dōu yuànyì qù.

No matter where, I am willing to go.

他刚才从哪儿来的？

Tā gāngcái cóng nǎr lái de?

Where did he come from just now?

你能告诉我哪儿可以买到这种书吗？

Nǐ néng gàosu wǒ nǎr kěyǐ mǎi dào zhè zhǒng shū ma?

Can you tell me where I can buy this kind of book?

Word Definition - 哪儿

nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

Individual Character Details

哪 nǎ, na, né, něi
儿 ér, r