HSK 3.0 Level 2 · Particles

那样 nàyàng “that kind” in Chinese

Traditional 那樣

What 那样 means

  1. that kind
  2. that sort

How to say 那样

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale样yàng4th tone, falling

那样 in a sentence

  1. 那样的事天天都有。

    Nàyàng de shì tiāntiān dōu yǒu.

    Things like that happen every day.

    Sentence #1372532 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 那样是错的。

    Nàyàng shì cuò de.

    That’s wrong.

    Sentence #5096414 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你为什么要那样做呢？

    Nǐ wèishénme yào nàyàng zuò ne?

    Why did you do that?

    Sentence #839475 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 那样 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 样 (yàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
样yàngmanner
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàng.

How to write 那样

那 6 strokes · 样 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 那样

Words with 那

那nà · that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刹那chànà · instant

Words with 样

怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it这样zhèyàng · this kind of一样yíyàng · the same怎样zěnyàng · how样子yàngzi · appearance同样tóngyàng · likewise样式yàngshì · type模样múyàng · appearance样品yàngpǐn · sample榜样bǎngyàng · role model

More words: Particles & Function Words

不要bùyào · don’t!们men · plural marker for pronouns一些yīxiē · some但dàn · but快要kuàiyào · about to那么nàme · like that这么zhème · so much这样zhèyàng · this kind of

FAQs

那样 (nàyàng) means “that kind” or “that sort”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word.
Say it nàyàng: nà with a 4th tone, then yàng with a 4th 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, 那样 is written 那樣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nayang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 那样 from the suggestions. Typing nayang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
那样 is an HSK 3.0 Level 2 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 2 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.