How to say 那

  • Traditional characters: 那
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): nà
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄋㄚˋ
  • Meaning: that

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

那 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

那花蓮呢？花蓮有海，比較涼。

nà Huā lián ne Huā lián yǒu hǎi bǐ jiào liáng

Then Hualien? It's got the sea — cooler.

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

那時間呢？

nà shí jiān ne

And time-wise?

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

台南跟花蓮差不多啦！那就…都去！

Tái nán gēn Huā lián chà bù duō la nà jiù dōu qù

About the same! So... let's do both!

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

都去？那要花多少錢？

dōu qù nà yào huā duō shao qián

Both? How much is that going to cost?

From the story 台南還是花蓮？ (Tainan or Hualien?)

那台灣人夏天下午都做什麼？

nà Tái wān rén xià tiān xià wǔ dōu zuò shén me

So what do Taiwanese people do on summer afternoons?

From the story 三十六度 (Thirty-Six Degrees)

Where 那 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: People, Actions & Questions
  • Lesson: This and That
  • Taught just before: 這
  • Taught just after: 這個