HSK 3.0 Level 1 · Pronouns

哪些 nǎxiē “which ones?” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 哪些 means

  1. which ones?
  2. who?
  3. what?

How to say 哪些

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale些xiē1st tone, high and level

哪些 in a sentence

  1. 你会说哪些语言？

    Nǐ huì shuō nǎxiē yǔyán?

    Which languages do you speak?

    Sentence #1290275 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你去过哪些国家？

    Nǐ qùguo nǎxiē guójiā?

    Which countries have you been to?

    Sentence #1428132 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我可以用哪些信用卡？

    Wǒ kěyǐ yòng nǎxiē xìnyòngkǎ?

    Which credit cards can I use?

    Sentence #870099 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 哪些 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 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 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 哪些

哪 9 strokes · 些 8 strokes

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

Words related to 哪些

Words with 哪

哪nǎ · which哪儿nǎr · where哪里nǎlǐ · where?哪个nǎge · which one?哪怕nǎpà · even

Words with 些

些xiē · some那些nàxiē · those有些yǒuxiē · some这些zhèxiē · these一些yīxiē · some

More words: People, Body & Health

学生xuésheng · student先生xiānsheng · mr小姐xiǎojiě · miss同学tóngxué · classmate那些nàxiē · those它们tāmen · they (for inanimate objects)她们tāmen · they有的yǒude · (there are) some (who are…)

FAQs

哪些 (nǎxiē) means “which ones?” or “who?”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it nǎxiē: nǎ with a 3rd 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. 哪些 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 哪些 from the suggestions. Typing naxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
哪些 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.