DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

著呢

简着呢 · 繁著呢

Mandarin · pinyin zhe ne

comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree
quite
rather

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

著: zhù · zhe · manifest; (Cant.) to wear
呢: ne · interrogative or emphatic final; (Cant.) this
着: zhe · make move, take action

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

5–5 · zhe5 ne5

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

著呢 · find source passages ↗ · 着呢 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗