哪里哪里

哪裏哪裏

nǎlǐ nǎlǐ

phrase

Meanings

1 not at all
2 you flatter me
3 you're too kind

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

“你的中文说得真好！”“哪里哪里，还差得远呢。”

" Nǐ de Zhōngwén shuō de zhēn hǎo! " " Nǎlǐ nǎlǐ, hái chà de yuǎn ne. "

"Your Chinese is really good!" "Oh, not at all, I've still got a long way to go."

HSK 7-9

听到老板的夸奖，他连忙摆手说：“哪里哪里，这是大家的功劳。”

Tīngdào lǎobǎn de kuājiǎng, tā liánmáng bǎishǒu shuō: " Nǎlǐ nǎlǐ, zhè shì dàjiā de gōngláo. "

When the boss praised him, he quickly waved it off: "Not at all, the credit goes to everyone."

Tips

culture

A traditional modest reply to praise, literally "where? where?", as if asking where the merit could be. Accepting a compliment outright once sounded boastful, so people answered 哪里哪里, 过奖了 or 不敢当. It is not a question about a place. Younger speakers today often just say 谢谢.

Stroke Order

哪 nǎ

里 lǐ