Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 那

(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. (nèi))
(pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
then (in that case)

variant of 哪 (nǎ)

surname Na

surname Nuo

(archaic) many
beautiful
how
old variant of 挪 (nuó)

Napo county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi

Cona county, Tibetan: Mtsho sna rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區／山南地区 ( Shānnándìqū), Tibet

phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory

that kind of

Sana'a, capital of Yemen

(coll.) of course
naturally
indeed

that kind
that sort

that so-and-so

at that time (old)

see 剎那／刹那 (chànà)

variant of 那麼／那么 (nàme)

sauna (loanword)

an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye

like that
in that way
or so
so
so very much
about
in that case

over there
yonder

there

see 那咱 (nàzan)

Pune, second city of Mahārāshtra 馬哈拉施特拉邦／马哈拉施特拉邦 in western India

there; that place

that day
the other day

at that time
then

Sana'a, capital of Yemen (Tw)

variant of 那麼／那么 (nàme)

Nagchu town and prefecture in central Tibet

latte (loanword)

that one
that thing
that (as opposed to this)
(used before a verb or adjective for emphasis)
(used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word)
(used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc)
(euph.) menstruation
sex
also pr. (nèige)

those

variant of 哪知 (nǎzhī)

then
at that time
in those days

the world of the dead

latte (loanword) (Tw)

there; that place

Genoa

benactyzine

genitalia
doohickey
thingumbob

Tirana, capital of Albania

Nadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August

Nagchu city in Tibet

a moment
an instant
in a flash

paint thinner

at that time (in the past or the future)
also pr. (nèihuìr)

Prince Norodom Ranariddh (1944-), Cambodian politician and son of former King Sihanouk of Cambodia

Book of Nahum

Nagchu county, Tibetan: Nag chu rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區／那曲地区 ( Nàqǔdìqū), central Tibet

Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Tw)

Botswana (Tw)

(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)
just ...ing (and nothing else)

Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)

Guyana

at that time

Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling)

Medina, Saudi Arabia

at that time
then

Pyinmana, town in central Myanmar

see 本那比市 ( Běnnàbǐshì)

lit. that person
fig. the person you have been looking for
Mr Right
the girl of one's dreams

Cona county, Tibetan: Mtsho sna rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區／山南地区 ( Shānnándìqū), Tibet

Havana, capital of Cuba

Napo county in Baise 百色 ( Bǎisè), Guangxi

Fiat Siena

Guyana, NE of South America (Tw)

Managua, capital of Nicaragua

foreman (pidgin derived from "number one", rendered in hanzi) (old)

Bologna, city in Northern Italy

Narvik (city in Nordland, Norway)

(do sth) that way; like that

Hosanna (in Christian praise)

Namaxia township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan

Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), Italian mathematician

Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy
Naples

Cincinnati, Ohio

the Ramayana (Indian epic)

nàháiyòngshuō

that goes without saying

sildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)

NASDAQ (stock exchange)

Guantanamo

Indochina

Nàkōngshāwàng

Paknampho city, Thailand

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Krajina (former Yugoslavia)

Duōnǎtàiluó

Donatello (c. 1386-1466)
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance painter and sculptor

Botswana

Arizona

Conakry, capital of Guinea (Tw)

Nàmǎxiàxiāng

Namaxia township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan

Barcelona

Grenada, island country in the Caribbean Sea (Tw)

Dà Jiānàlì Dǎo

大加那利岛

[大加那利島]

Gran Canaria (in the Canary Islands)

Lúbù'ěryǎnà

卢布尔雅那

[盧布爾雅那]

Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia

Lùyìsī'ānnà

路易斯安那

[路易斯安那]

Louisiana, US state

Jiānàlì Qúndǎo

加那利群岛

[加那利群島]

Canary Islands

Fǎshǔ Guīyànà

法属圭亚那

[法屬圭亞那]

French Guiana

Tǎnànàlìfó

塔那那利佛

[塔那那利佛]

Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar

Hēisàigēwéinà

黑塞哥维那

[黑塞哥維那]

Herzegovina

Guāntǎnàmó Wān

关塔那摩湾

[關塔那摩灣]

Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)

Nàlādīcǎoyuán

那拉提草原

[那拉提草原]

Nalat grasslands

Míndānà'é Hǎi

民答那峨海

[民答那峨海]

Mindanao Sea

Yàlìsāngnàzhōu

亚利桑那州

[亞利桑那州]

Arizona

dàonàgèshíhòu

到那个时候

[到那個時候]

until this moment

Ashǐnà Gǔduōlù

阿史那骨咄禄

[阿史那骨咄祿]

Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗／颉跌利施可汗 ( Jiédiēlìshī Kèhán)

Nàbùlèsīwángguó

那不勒斯王国

[那不勒斯王國]

Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860)

Yìndùzhīnà Bàndǎo

印度支那半岛

[印度支那半島]

Indochina (old term, esp. colonial period)
now written 中南半島／中南半岛 ( Zhōngnán Bàndǎo)

xiàngnàmehuíshìr

像那么回事儿

[像那麽回事兒]

not bad at all
quite impressive

Antǎnànàlìfó

安塔那那利佛

[安塔那那利佛]

Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar (Tw)

Lùyìsī'ānnàzhōu

路易斯安那州

[路易斯安那州]

Louisiana, US state

zhèshānwàngzhenàshāngāo

这山望着那山高

[這山望著那山高]

lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

shuōshíchí,nàshíkuài

说时迟，那时快

[說時遲，那時快]

(idiom) no sooner said than done
before you know it

Shèngwénsēnjí Géruìnàdīng

圣文森及格瑞那丁

[聖文森及格瑞那丁]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Tw)

Nǎmùbā'ěr· Enhèbāyà'ěr

那木巴尔·恩赫巴亚尔

[那木巴爾·恩赫巴亞爾]

Nambaryn Enkhbayar (1958-), Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party politician, president of Mongolia 2005-2009

Bōsīníyàhé Hēisàigēwéinà

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那

[波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bōsīníyàhé Hēisàigēwéinà Gònghéguó

波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那共和国

[波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那共和國]

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), predecessor of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那／波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 ( Bōsīníyàhé Hēisàigēwéinà)