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Words starting with N

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拿náto hold; to seize哪nǎhow; which那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)那边nà bianover there; yonder拿出ná chūto take out; to put out拿到ná dàoto get; to obtain那会儿nà huì rat that time (in the past or the future)哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere那里nà lithere; that place那么nà melike that; in that way哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere那儿nà rthere那时候nà shí houat that time哪些nǎ xiēwhich ones?; who?那些nà xiēthose那样nà yàngthat kind; that sort奶nǎibreast; milk奶茶nǎi chámilk tea奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house男nánmale; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (wǔděngjuéwèi)南nánsouth难nándifficult (to...); problem南边nán biansouth; south side南部nán bùsouthern part难道nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?难度nán dùdegree of difficulty南方nán fāngsouth; southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River)难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell男孩儿nán hái rerhua variant of 男孩 (nánhái)难看nán kànugly; unsightly男朋友nán péng youboyfriend男人nán réna man; a male男生nán shēngschoolboy; male student难受nán shòuto feel unwell; to suffer pain难题nán tídifficult problem难听nán tīngunpleasant to hear; coarse男子nán zǐa man; a male脑nǎobrain; mind闹nàonoisy; cacophonous呢neparticle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")内nèiinside; inner内容nèi róngcontent; substance内心nèi xīnheart; innermost being; (math.) incenter能néngcan; to be able to能够néng gòuto be capable of; to be able to能力néng lìcapability; ability你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 (nín))你们nǐ menyou (plural)年niányear念niànto read; to study (a subject)年初nián chūbeginning of the year年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age年底nián dǐthe end of the year; year-end年级nián jígrade; year (in school, college etc)年纪nián jìage年轻nián qīngyoung娘niángmother; young lady鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 (nǐ))牛niúox; cow