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呢
ne
HSK 1
used in questions to link back to prior discourse or contextindicating that a state or situation still holdsused to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
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Grammar note
吗 turns a statement into a yes-or-no question, 呢 asks the same of a new subject or softens a follow-up, and 吧 makes a suggestion or an assumption. All three sit at the end and change nothing else.
吗, 呢 and 吧 — turning a sentence into a question — how often the Chinese Bible uses it
Characters
呢
wool; interrogative or emphatic final particle
radical 口components ⿰口尼
Appears in 1382 verses
Genesis 3:11Genesis 3:13Genesis 4:6Genesis 4:10Genesis 12:18Genesis 15:2Genesis 15:8Genesis 18:12Genesis 18:17Genesis 18:29Genesis 18:30Genesis 18:31Genesis 18:32Genesis 19:5Genesis 20:9Genesis 20:10Genesis 21:7Genesis 21:17Genesis 21:29Genesis 22:7Genesis 23:15Genesis 25:22Genesis 25:32Genesis 26:10Genesis 26:27Genesis 27:20Genesis 27:33Genesis 27:37Genesis 27:45Genesis 27:46Genesis 29:25Genesis 30:2Genesis 30:30Genesis 30:31Genesis 31:26Genesis 31:30Genesis 31:37Genesis 31:43Genesis 33:5Genesis 33:8Genesis 33:15Genesis 37:26Genesis 37:30Genesis 38:16Genesis 38:18Genesis 38:29Genesis 39:9Genesis 40:7Genesis 41:38Genesis 42:1Genesis 42:28Genesis 43:6Genesis 43:7Genesis 44:4Genesis 44:7Genesis 44:8Genesis 44:15Genesis 44:16Genesis 44:34Genesis 47:8
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