HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

那些 nàxiē “those” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 那些 means

  1. those

How to say 那些

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale那nà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale些xiē1st tone, high and level

那些 in a sentence

  1. 那些是你的朋友。

    Nàxiē shì nǐ de péngyou.

    Those are your friends.

    Sentence #10966776 from Tatoeba

  2. 那些鞋子是我的。

    Nàxiē xiézi shì wǒ de.

    Those shoes are mine.

    Sentence #13744237 from Tatoeba

  3. 那些人在干什么？

    Nàxiē rén zài gàn shénme?

    What are those people doing?

    Sentence #2561569 from Tatoeba

How 那些 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 那 (nà) drawn as one shape
那nàthat; the; those

那 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidThe town 阝 on the right is over there: that.

The character 些 (xiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or
  • 此this · cǐSound part
  • 二two · èrMeaning part

二 hints at the meaning (two); 此 (cǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiē.

Memory aidThis 此 (cǐ) gives the sound; two 二 underneath suggests more than one: some, a few.

How to write 那些

那 6 strokes · 些 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

那些 (nàxiē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 那些 (nàxiē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 那些

Words with 那

那nà · that那儿nàr · there那个nàge · that one那边nàbian · over there那里nàli · there那么nàme · like that那样nàyàng · that kind刹那chànà · instant

Words with 些

些xiē · some哪些nǎxiē · which ones?有些yǒuxiē · some这些zhèxiē · these一些yīxiē · some

More words: People, Body & Health

先生xiānsheng · mr小姐xiǎojiě · miss同学tóngxué · classmate哪些nǎxiē · which ones?它们tāmen · they (for inanimate objects)她们tāmen · they有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some

FAQs

那些 (nàxiē) means “those”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it nàxiē: nà with a 4th tone, then xiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 那些 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type naxie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 那些 from the suggestions. Typing naxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
那些 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.