# 那個
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nàge, nèige
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ ˙ㄍㄜ, ㄋㄟˋ ˙ㄍㄜ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нэгә (negə, III-I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naa$^5$ go$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nā-kò
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lai$^4$ go / la$^4$ go
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nàge
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ ˙ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nàge̊
*** Wade–Giles: na$^4$-ko$^5$
*** Yale: nà-ge
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah.ge
*** Palladius: нагэ (nagɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /nä⁵¹ g̊ə¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nèige
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ ˙ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nèige̊
*** Wade–Giles: nei$^4$-ko$^5$
*** Yale: nèi-ge
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ney.ge
*** Palladius: нэйгэ (nɛjgɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /neɪ̯⁵¹ g̊ə¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нэгә (negə, III-I)
*** Sinological IPA : /nɛ⁴⁴ kə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naa$^5$ go$^3$
*** Yale: náh go
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naa$^5$ go$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: na$^5$ go$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /naː¹³ kɔː³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$哪個 / 哪个 那個 / 那个
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā-kò
*** Tâi-lô: nā-kò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naxkoix
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁴¹⁻²² ko⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã²²⁻²¹ ko²¹/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: lai$^4$ go / la$^4$ go
*** Sinological IPA : /lai̯⁴⁵ ko³/, /la̠⁴⁵ ko³/

#### Pronoun

那個
* that; that one
    那個是什麼？／那个是什么？ ― Nàge shì shénme? ― What is that?
* (informal) Used in front of adjectives or verbs for emphasis.
       Tā xīnlǐ nàge gāoxìng a jiù bié tí le. [Pinyin]
       His happiness is beyond words.
* (informal, euphemistic, often humorous) Used to substitute for something which is inconvenient to be explicitly named, often something embarrassing.
       Wǒ duì tā yǒudiǎn nàge le. [Pinyin]
       (I am starting to suspect that) I have a crush on him.
       Nǐ bùhuì bǎ tā nàge le ba! [Pinyin]
       Don't tell me you did that thing to her! [i.e. had sex with her]
       Xiǎopéngyǒu, zhēn shì bóshì dehuà, zhōngwén biǎodá nénglì zhèyàng kě zhēn jiù yǒudiǎn nàge le! [Pinyin]
       Mate, for someone with a PhD degree, your ability to express yourself in Chinese is not so flattering at all.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 那個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 那個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 那個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 那個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 那個 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 那個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 那個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 兀個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 兀個, 奈個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 奈個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 那個 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 那個 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 那個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 那個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 那個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 那個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 那個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 那個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 那個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 那個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 嗰個, 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 個個 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 嗰隻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 呶個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 呶個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 呶個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 嚕個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𡃕個, 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 嚀個 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 嗰拉 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 那個 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 嗰個, 嗰呢 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 嗰呢 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 阿個 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 嗰個 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 阿個 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 那個 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 那隻 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 那隻 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嗰個 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 那個 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 那個 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 該個, 該隻 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蓋隻 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 哎隻 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蓋隻 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 伊隻 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 蓋隻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 該個, 該隻 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 該個, 該隻 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 該個, 該隻 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 該個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 該個, 該隻 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 遐個, 遐隻 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 那個 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兀個, 那個 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 兀隻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 許隻, 許一隻, 許回 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 彼個, 响個 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 彼個, 响個 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 彼 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 彼個, 响個 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 彼個 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 許個 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 許個 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 許個 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 許個 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 許個 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 許個 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 許個, 許枚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 許個, 許枚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 許個, 許枚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 許個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 埃個, 伊個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 威個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 伊個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 哀一個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哀一個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 一格 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 葛個, 伊個, 接個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 伊個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 格個, 哀個 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 歸格 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 那個, 那葛 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 海個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 那個, 那隻 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 那個 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喏個 |

#### Interjection

那個
* Used in speech as a filler uh; um; er; you know
       Nèige...... Nèige...... Nǐ gāng nèige shuō shénme lái zhe? [Pinyin]
       Umm... umm... sorry what were you saying just then?

##### Usage notes

English speakers may mishear the pronunciation "nèige" as the offensive term "nigger". On the Internet, there are also memes related to this phenomenon, e.g. the song Sunshine, Rainbow and White Pony by Wowkie Zhang is often mocked by Western netizens because of the frequent appearance of the word 那個 / 那个 (nèige) in the lyrics.

##### Synonyms

* 這個／这个 (zhège)

##### See also

* 哪個／哪个 (nǎge, něige, “which”)

### Pronunciation 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 那個 – see 哪個 (“which; which one; who”). (This term is a variant form of 哪個).

#### Usage notes

Archaic. Use 哪個／哪个 (nǎge) to avoid confusion with 那個／那个 (nàge, “that; that one”).