# 哪裡
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nǎlǐ
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нани (nani, II-I) / нани (nani, I-I) / нани (nani, II-0)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naa$^5$ leoi$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): la$^3$ li
* Jin (Wiktionary): na$^2$ le$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ná-lí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): na$^2$ li$^2$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): la$^3$ li
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): na$^3$ li$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǎlǐ [Phonetic: nálǐ] → nǎli (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄋㄚˇ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nǎli̊
*** Wade–Giles: na$^3$-li$^5$
*** Yale: nǎ-li
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naa.lii
*** Palladius: нали (nali)
*** Sinological IPA : /nä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /nä²¹⁴ li⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нани (nani, II-I) / нани (nani, I-I) / нани (nani, II-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /na⁵¹ ni²⁴/, /na²⁴ ni²⁴/, /na⁵¹ ni⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naa$^5$ leoi$^5$
*** Yale: náh léuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naa$^5$ loey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: na$^5$ lêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /naː¹³ lɵy̯¹³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$哪裡 / 哪里 那裡 / 那里
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: la$^3$ li
*** Sinological IPA : /la²¹³⁻²¹ li¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: na$^2$ le$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /na⁵³ lɤ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná-lí
*** Tâi-lô: ná-lí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naflie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ li⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: na$^2$ li$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ná lí
*** Sinological IPA : /na⁵²⁻³⁵ li⁵²⁻²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: la$^3$ li
*** Sinological IPA : /la̠⁴¹ li³/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: na$^3$ li$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /nä³³ li³³/

### Pronoun

哪裡
* where
    你去哪裡？／你去哪里？ ― Nǐ qù nǎlǐ? ― Where are you going?
       Qǐngwèn nǎlǐ yǒu xǐshǒujiān? [Pinyin]
       Could you tell me where the nearest bathroom is?
    From: 陳雷 (lyricist 郭之儀), 《阿魯娜》
    Sim-ài ê lí chāi ná-lí [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    My beloved, where are you?
** 2020, 南华潮剧社 Nam Hwa Opera, 31m28s from the start, in 苏六娘 The Tale Of Su Liu Niang‎:
       "ta$^1$ si$^6$ na$^2$ li$^2$ nang$^5$?" "ta$^1$ zia$^6$ guang$^3$ riou$^5$ pêng$^5$." [Peng'im]
       "Where is his origin?" ""He is from Rao-ping."
* wherever; anywhere
    去哪裡都可以。／去哪里都可以。 ― Qù nǎlǐ dōu kěyǐ. ― I'm fine with going anywhere.
       Nǎlǐ dōu yǒu wǒ de péngyǒu. [Pinyin]
       I have friends everywhere.
* (rhetorical question) how (used in rhetorical questions)
       Tā nǎlǐ xiàng ge xuéshēng. [Pinyin]
       He is nothing like a student!

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何, 何處, 何許, 何所, 何方, 安 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哪裡, 何處, 什麼地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 哪裡, 哪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 哪兒, 哪疙兒, 哪疙瘩, 哪海兒, 哪塊兒, 哪場兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 哪兒, 哪塊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 哪裡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 哪裡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 哪, 哪裡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 哪兒, 哪裡, 哪場兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 哪兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 哪達, 哪那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 哪兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 哪搭兒, 哪搭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 哪裡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 哪來, 哪下, 哪點兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 哪塌, 哪塌兒, 哪呢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 哪塌, 哪呢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 哪點, 哪裡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 哪兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 哪達, 哪達裡, 哪達兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 哪達 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪兒, 啥子地方, 哪跟前, 哪點兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 哪裡, 啥裡, 哪歇, 哪塊, 哪塊歇, 啥塊, 啥塊些 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哪點 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 哪點兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哪塏 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哪裡, 哪, 哪塏, 哪位子, 哪塊, 哪甿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 哪點 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 哪裡, 哪塊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 哪塊, 哪裡, 哪兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 哪塊, 哪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 哪對過, 哪腳下 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哪格子, 哪蒿子, 哪塊子, 哪塊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 哪下兒 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 哪點 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊度, 邊處, 邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 邊度, 邊處, 邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 選頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 選處 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 哪頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哪埞 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 哪度 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 哪處 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 星處 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邊呢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邊處 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 邊子 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 邊子 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 哪埞, 哪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 唔址 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 邊處, 鼠處 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 哪廳 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 邊埞 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 邊, 邊處, 邊處塗 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 庶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 邊笪埞, 邊笪, 邊啲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 邊啲, 邊笪, 邊笪埞方 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 邊度, 邊, 邊處 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 邊度 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哪裡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 哪咑 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 哪裡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 哪仔, 哪滴 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 哪裡 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 哪呢 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 哪等 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 哪定 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 哪定 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 哪聽 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 哪子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 哪望 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 哪定 |
| Hakka | Changting | 哪塊, 哪塊哩, 哪裡, 哪裡哩, 哪角 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 哪子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 哪裡, 哪角 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 何個, 台角 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 哪, 哪營子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 哪裡 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪當 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 哪位, 哪仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 哪仔, 哪, 哪跡仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 哪位, 哪仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 哪位, 哪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 哪位, 哪仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哪裡, 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 哪圍 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿位 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 哪塊, 哪個許塊 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 哪個落地 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 哪裡 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 哪裡 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 哪個背兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 何落 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 哪裡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 哪裡, 哪兒家 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 哪兒, 哪底下 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 哪兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 呢底 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 呢底 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 呢底 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 呢搭底 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 哪底, 哪 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 哪角底, 哪角 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 哪地 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 呢底 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 底所, 底塊 dated or rural |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 底所 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 佗落, 途位 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 佗落 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 底所 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 底位穴, 底位 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 底所 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佗落, 佗, 佗一位, 佗位, 佗一帶, 佗帶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佗落, 佗, 佗一位, 底帶 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 佗落, 佗一位, 底落 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 佗搭, 佗, 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 佗落, 寡 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 佗落仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佗落仔, 佗落, 佗位仔, 佗位, 佗, 佗一位 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 佗落仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 佗落仔, 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 佗仔, 佗位仔 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 佗落仔 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 佗落, 佗一位, 佗位, 底位 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 底仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 底位, 底落 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 底位 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 佗位, 佗位仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 佗, 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 佗落, 佗落位 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 佗落, 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 底窟 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 哪裡 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 底囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 底帶 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底一塊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 底跡 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 帶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 乜帶, 底帶, 底幅帶, 乜地方, 底內 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 帶寺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 帶 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 佗落 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 底跡, 底落, 佗落 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哪啲, 哪甿 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 哪裡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿裡, 阿裡搭, 阿裡頭, 啥地方, 啥個地方, 啥場化 dated, 啥個場化 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 何旦, 何裡旦 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哈戶蕩 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 何裡浪, 何浪 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 哪墩, 何墩 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥場化, 哪搭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 羅裡搭葛, 羅搭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪裡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 哪裡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿裡, 阿𡍲, 焉𡍲, 啥地方, 啥塢探, 啥塢宕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狃宕, 狃柢, 狃, 若宕, 若柢 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 哪裡, 哪汏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哪裡, 何至, 哪當 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 哪當 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哪裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哪裡 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 哪裡 |
* (how): 哪 (nǎ), 哪兒／哪儿 (nǎr)

### Interjection

哪裡 (Mandarin)
* You flatter me! (humble response to compliments)
       Jiǎ: nǐ zhēn piàoliang! Yǐ: nǎlǐ, nǎlǐ, yībānbān! [Pinyin]
       A: You are so beautiful! B: I'm flattered! [lit. Not so much]

#### Synonyms

* 過獎／过奖 (guòjiǎng)