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吶

简呐 · 繁吶

Mandarin · pinyin nà#

battle cry

Mandarin · pinyin na#

sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊 ne a or variant of 哪 na)

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吶: Look up this written character
呐: nà · raise voice, yell out loud, shout; stammer

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4 · na4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

naap6 · nat6 · neot6

Cantonese word readings for 吶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to shout

character · Etymology 2

(literary) alternative form of 訥 /讷 (“to stammer”)

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) to lick; to touch or pick up things with one's tongue
(Hokkien) to stretch out one's tongue

character · Etymology 3

only used in 嗗吶／嗗呐

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