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Mandarin · pinyin nà ní

(Internet slang) what? (loanword from Japanese 何なに nani)

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尼: ní · Buddhist nun; transliteration
纳: nà · admit, take, receive, accept

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4–2 · na4 ni2

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(Internet slang) (expressing astonishment) what?!

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