哪吒

Nézhā
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Nezha
  2. 2 rebellious child-deity in Chinese mythology; protection god with wind-fire wheels and a fire-tipped spear

Examples

HSK 2
Xiǎoháizi dōu hěn xǐhuān Nézhā de gùshì.
Kids all love the Nezha story.
HSK 7-9
Nézhā jiǎo tà fēng huǒ lún, shǒuchí huǒ jiān qiāng.
Nezha stands on wind-fire wheels and wields the fire-tipped spear.
HSK 7-9
《 Nézhāzhīmótóngjiàngshì 》 piàofáng chuàng le jìlù.
Ne Zha: The Demon Child Is Born broke box office records.

Tips

culture
Figure from 《封神演义》 and 《西游记》. Famously "cut his own flesh to return to his mother and bones to his father" (削肉还母、剔骨还父) to absolve his family of debt, then was resurrected from lotus flowers by his master 太乙真人. 2019's animated 《哪吒之魔童降世》 made him mainstream again, becoming China's then-highest-grossing animation.
mistakes
Pronounced Nézhā, not Nǎzhā despite the character most commonly reading nǎ/nà in modern Mandarin.

In Pop Culture

演义 Fēng shén Yǎnyì
Investiture of the Gods
Ming dynasty novel where Nezha's origin story is elaborated; source of many Chinese mythological figures.
哪吒之魔童降世 Nézhāzhīmótóngjiàngshì
Ne Zha (2019 film)
Animated blockbuster that reframed Nezha as a misunderstood demon-child; grossed over 5 billion RMB.

Stroke Order

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