提问 · Asking & not getting it
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casual
在哪儿？
zàinǎr
Where is it?
Sounds roughly like zigh nar
Literal meaning
在
zài
at / in / on
哪儿
nǎr
where (spoken, northern)
at · where (with er)
How to pronounce it
- 在
zài
zai4
44th · fallingz (“ds”) + “eye”. Fall. The location verb of Mandarin.
- 哪儿
nǎr
nar3
33rd · dippingnǎ + a curled er. This 儿化 is how people actually ask “where” in the north. 哪里 nǎlǐ is the textbook twin.
In real life
地铁站在哪儿？
Dìtiězhàn zài nǎr?
Where is the subway station?