that; those

Type: PronounsHSK 1
Character origin

Radical 阝 (city) + 冄 (gradually). It could originally mean 'that far-off place'. Today it's the demonstrative for distance.

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The opposite of 这 (this). In conversation people point and say '那个' (nàge) when they can't recall a name. They sometimes use '那个...那个...' as a filler, like 'um... um...'.

Radicals it's made of
mound
èrtwo
Example sentence

那个是什么?

Nàge shì shénme?

What is that?

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