呢

ne

particle HSK 1 #59

Meanings

1 question particle (and what about...?)
2 particle indicating ongoing action

Characters

question particle (and you?)

Examples

你呢？

Nǐ ne?

And you? / What about you?

我很好，你呢？

Wǒ hěn hǎo, nǐ ne?

I'm fine, and you?

他在看书呢。

Tā zài kàn shū ne.

He's reading (right now).

Tips

grammar

呢 has two main uses: (1) 'What about...?' to bounce a question back (你呢？), and (2) to emphasize an ongoing action (在...呢).

Stroke Order

呢 ne