哪儿
Meaning
- where?
- wherever; anywhere; somewhere
- (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
Example sentence
你在哪儿?
Where are you?
Characters in 哪儿
- 哪 nǎ how
- 儿 ér child; the -r ending added to nouns in northern speech
哪 which plus the northern -r suffix 儿, which adds no meaning. 这儿 and 那儿 are built the same way; southern speakers say 哪里.