- Content questions are used to ask about the identify of a person, an object, a time, a location, or a quantity, or to seek an explanation or process.
- In English, we can ask questions using “Who, What, When, How, Where, Why”.
- Today we are going to learn how to ask these type of questions in Chinese.
1. Who’s at the door? |
shuí |
zài |
mén |
wài |
? |
谁 |
在 |
门 |
外 |
? |
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2. Who is he talking to? |
tā |
zài |
gēn |
shuí |
shuō |
huà |
? |
他 |
在 |
跟 |
谁 |
说 |
话 |
? |
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1. What do you want? |
nǐ |
yào |
shén |
me |
? |
你 |
要 |
什 |
么 |
? |
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2. What is your ideal in life? |
nǐ |
de |
lǐ |
xiǎng |
shì |
shén |
me |
? |
你 |
的 |
理 |
想 |
是 |
什 |
么 |
? |
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3. |
When |
几时
jǐ shí |
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什么时候
shén me shí hou |
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1. When will you come back? |
nǐ |
jǐ |
shí |
huí |
lái |
? |
你 |
几 |
时 |
回 |
来 |
? |
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2. When is your vacation? |
nǐ |
men |
shén |
me |
shí |
hou |
fàng |
jià |
? |
你 |
们 |
什 |
么 |
时 |
候 |
放 |
假 |
? |
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4. |
How |
怎么
zěn me |
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怎样
zěn yàng |
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1. How should I address her? |
wǒ |
gāi |
zěn |
me |
chēng |
hu |
tā |
? |
我 |
该 |
怎 |
么 |
称 |
呼 |
她 |
? |
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2. How did you spend your holiday? |
jià |
qī |
guò |
de |
zěn |
yàng |
? |
假 |
期 |
过 |
得 |
怎 |
样 |
? |
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5. |
Where |
哪里
nǎ li |
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哪儿
nǎ er |
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什么地方
shén me dì fang |
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1. Where do you live? |
nǐ |
zhù |
zài |
nǎ |
lǐ |
? |
你 |
住 |
在 |
哪 |
里 |
? |
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2. Where is he hiding? |
tā |
cáng |
zài |
nǎ |
er |
? |
他 |
藏 |
在 |
哪 |
儿 |
? |
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3. Where are you from? |
nǐ |
shì |
shén |
me |
dì |
fang |
de |
rén |
? |
你 |
是 |
什 |
么 |
地 |
方 |
的 |
人 |
? |
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1. Why were you late? |
nǐ |
wèi |
shén |
me |
chí |
dào |
? |
你 |
为 |
什 |
么 |
迟 |
到 |
? |
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2. Why must he do it that way? |
wèi |
shén |
me |
tā |
yào |
nà |
yàng |
zuò |
? |
为 |
什 |
么 |
他 |
要 |
那 |
样 |
做 |
? |
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- We have learnt most of the characters for these content questions before. Try to practice how to write those characters.
- Happy learning, and have a nice weekend.
Learn a Chinese Character a Day
hi min min
is it na er or nar to mean where
Hi yuehan,
Do you mean Pinyin?
哪儿 means where, and the pinyin is nǎr or nǎ er if you split them.