哪儿

哪兒

nǎr

pronoun HSK 1 #255

Meanings

1 where

Characters

儿 is the northern Chinese erhua suffix — it changes 哪 (which) into 'where'.

Examples

你去哪儿？

Nǐ qù nǎr?

Where are you going?

你家在哪儿？

Nǐ jiā zài nǎr?

Where is your home?

Tips

usage

哪儿 is the northern/Beijing way to say 'where'. In southern China and Taiwan, people say 哪里 instead. Both are standard.

Stroke Order

哪 nǎ

儿 ér