HSK 1 · Pronouns

那 nà “that” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 那 means

  1. that
  2. (specifier) that
  3. the
  4. those
  5. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • then (in that case)

How to say 那

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

那 in a sentence

  1. 那是我们的学校。

    Nà shì wǒmen de xuéxiào.

    That is our school.

    Sentence #336241 from Tatoeba

  2. 那 can also mean “then, in that case”

    那我现在应该做什么呢？

    Nà wǒ xiànzài yīnggāi zuò shénme ne?

    So what should I do now?

    Sentence #9507000 from Tatoeba

How 那 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.

How to write 那

那 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 那

Words with 那

那儿nàr · there那些nàxiē · those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

More words: Pronouns

他tā · he她tā · she我们wǒmen · we这zhè · this您nín · you (polite)它tā · it每měi · every大家dàjiā · everyone

FAQs

那 (nà) means “that” or “(specifier) that”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it nà: nà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 那 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type na with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 那 from the suggestions. Typing na into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
那 is an HSK 1 word in the 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.