You may hear a lot of sentences ending with the particle “\u5462 (ne),” but what is it and what does it mean?\u00a0 \u5462 can be used at the end of statements and questions to different effects, see below:<\/p>\n
Form: \u6211\u624d\u4e0d\/\u6ca1\u6709\u5462 wo3cai2 bu4\/mei2you3 ne
\nExample: \u6211\u624d\u4e0d\u662f\u5462! wo3cai2bu4shi4 ne! – “I’m sure not the one!”\/”It sure wasn’t me!”<\/p>\n
Form: __\u5462 [subject] ne? What about __?\/How about __?
\nExample: \u4ed6\u5462?\u00a0 “What about him?\/”How about him?”
\nOther \u5462 phrases you might encounter:<\/p>\n
\u4f60\u5728\u60f3\u4ec0\u4e48\u5462? ni3 zai4 xiang3 shen2me ne? “[and] What are you thinking about?”
\n\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u5462? wei4shen2me ne? “[but] Why?” or “How come?” – Here the use of \u5462 is primarily to soften what would otherwise be a blunt “Why?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You may hear a lot of sentences ending with the particle “\u5462 (ne),” but what is it and what does it mean?\u00a0 \u5462 can be used at the end of statements and questions to different effects, see below: Form: \u6211\u624d\u4e0d\/\u6ca1\u6709\u5462 wo3cai2 bu4\/mei2you3 ne Example: \u6211\u624d\u4e0d\u662f\u5462! wo3cai2bu4shi4 ne! – “I’m sure not the one!”\/”It sure wasn’t…<\/p>\n