In this lesson, you will learn a useful word 呢. In Chinese, 呢 can follow a noun or pronoun to form a question, when the content is already clear in the context. When someone asks you a question, and you want to ask him/her the same one, you can use Pronoun/Noun + 呢, instead of repeating the question.
Dialogue 1
nǐ hǎo mɑ ？ A: 你好吗？ How are you? |
wǒ hěn hǎo. nǐ ne？ B: 我很好。你呢？ I’m fine. How are you? |
Dialogue 2
nǐ xìnɡ shén me？ A: 你姓什么？ What’s your family name? |
wǒ xìnɡ zhānɡ. nǐ ne？ B: 我姓张。你呢？ My family name is Zhang. What about you? |
wǒ xìnɡ wánɡ. A: 我姓王。 My family name is Wang. |
Dialogue 3
nǐ jiào shén me mínɡ zi？ A: 你叫什么名字？ What’s your name? |
wǒ jiào wánɡ mínɡ. nǐ ne？ B: 我叫王明。你呢？ My name is Wang Peng. What about you? |
wǒ jiào zhānɡ liànɡ. A: 我叫张亮。 My name is Zhang Liang. |