HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

那个 nàge “that one” in Chinese

Traditional 那個

What 那个 means

  1. that one
  2. that
  3. that thing
  4. that (as opposed to this)
  5. (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth 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)

How to say 那个

  • 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 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

那个 in a sentence

  1. 我不认识那个人。

    Wǒ bú rènshi nà ge rén.

    I don’t know that person.

    Sentence #3526199 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那个女人是谁？

    Nà ge nǚrén shì shéi?

    Who’s that woman?

    Sentence #2607320 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 那个杯子是我的。

    Nà ge bēizi shì wǒ de.

    That cup is mine.

    Sentence #11837742 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 那个 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 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 个 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
个gěindividuallight in 那个
  • 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 那个

那 6 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.

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

Words related to 那个

Words with 那

那nà · that那儿nàr · there那些nàxiē · those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 个

个gè · general measure word这个zhège · this one哪个nǎge · which 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: People, Body & Health

她们tāmen · they有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)有些yǒuxiē · some这些zhèxiē · these这个zhège · this one看病kànbìng · to visit a doctor服务员fúwùyuán · waiter男nán · male

FAQs

那个 (nàge) means “that one” or “that”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it nàge: nà with a 4th 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, 那个 is written 那個. 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 那个 from the suggestions. Typing nage into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
那个 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.