HSK 5 · Function Words

哪怕 nǎpà “even” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 哪怕 means

  1. even
  2. even if
  3. even though
  4. no matter how

How to say 哪怕

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale怕pà4th tone, falling

哪怕 in a sentence

  1. 哪怕没有人陪我，我也要去看这部电影。

    Nǎpà méiyǒu rén péi wǒ, wǒ yě yào qù kàn zhè bù diànyǐng.

    Even if no one comes with me, I’m still going to see this film.

    Sentence #381909 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 哪怕 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 怕 (pà) with each of its parts in a different colour
怕pàto be afraid
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with pà.

How to write 哪怕

哪 9 strokes · 怕 8 strokes

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

Words related to 哪怕

Words with 哪

哪nǎ · which哪儿nǎr · where哪些nǎxiē · which ones?哪里nǎlǐ · where?哪个nǎge · which one?

Words with 怕

怕pà · to fear害怕hàipà · afraid of恐怕kǒngpà · I’m afraid (that)可怕kěpà · awful

More words: Function Words & Grammar

临时línshí · temporary陆续lùxù · in turn某mǒu · some难免nánmiǎn · hard to avoid难怪nánguài · (it’s) no wonder (that…)宁可nìngkě · preferably偶然ǒurán · incidentally匹pǐ · measure word for horses and bolts of cloth

FAQs

哪怕 (nǎpà) means “even” or “even if”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it nǎpà: nǎ with a 3rd tone, then pà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 哪怕 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type napa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 哪怕 from the suggestions. Typing napa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哪怕 is an HSK 5 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.