HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Question Words

哪个 nǎge “which one?” in Chinese

Traditional 哪個

What 哪个 means

  1. which one?
  2. which
  3. who

How to say 哪个

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale哪nǎ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own个geneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

哪个 in a sentence

  1. 哪个是你的杯子？

    Nǎge shì nǐ de bēizi?

    Which cup is yours?

    Sentence #3580024 from Tatoeba

  2. 哪个比较贵？

    Nǎge bǐjiào guì?

    Which one is more expensive?

    Sentence #1424312 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你是从哪个国家来的？

    Nǐ shì cóng nǎge guójiā lái de?

    What country are you from?

    Sentence #75 from Tatoeba

How 哪个 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 哪 (nǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
哪nǎhow
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 那that · nàSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 那 (nà) hints at the sound. Compare it with nǎ.

Memory aidA mouth 口 added to 那 (nà) “that” makes a question: which? where?

The character 个 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
个gěindividuallight in 哪个
  • 人person · rén
  • 丨line · gǔn

Memory aidDrawn from a single stalk of bamboo: one item. It is now the everyday measure word.

How to write 哪个

哪 9 strokes · 个 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 哪个

Words with 哪

哪nǎ · which哪儿nǎr · where哪些nǎxiē · which ones?哪里nǎlǐ · where?哪怕nǎpà · even

Words with 个

个gè · general measure word那个nàge · that one这个zhège · this one个子gèzi · height个别gèbié · individual个人gèrén · individual个性gèxìng · individuality整个zhěnggè · whole个体gètǐ · individual

More words: Question Words

谁shéi · who什么shénme · what哪nǎ · which哪儿nǎr · where怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it几jǐ · how many (small)多少duōshǎo · how many哪里nǎlǐ · where?

FAQs

哪个 (nǎge) means “which one?” or “which”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it nǎge: nǎ with a 3rd tone, then ge with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 哪个 is written 哪個. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nage with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哪个 from the suggestions. Typing nage into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哪个 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.