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那个
nàge
Main
English Definitionthat one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to something embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex
Simplified Script那个
Traditional Script那個
Pinyinnàge, also pr. nèige
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)
Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄋㄚˋ ㄍㄜ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping)naa5go3
Part of Speech(代) pronoun
Word Decomposition
that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nei4] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing
individual; this; that; size; measure word for people or objects in general

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Words With Same Head Word    
那里nàlithere; that place; there; that place; also written 那里
那儿nàrthere
那么nàmelike that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case
那些nàxiēthose
那样nàyàngthat kind; that sort
Words With Same Tail Word    
这个zhègethis; this one
几个jǐgea few; several; how many
哪个nǎgewhich; who
半个bàngehalf of something
多个duōgemany; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
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