呢
není HSK1

interrogative or emphatic final

呢 ne frequency
[query] particle
Used at the end of a specific question (using words like "why" or "how") or a choice question to soften the tone or add emphasis.

为什么不现在就去呢？

wèi​shén​me bù xiàn​zài jiù qù ne?

Why not go now?

这会怎样影响你的工作呢？

zhè huì zěn​yàng yǐng​xiǎng nǐ de gōng​zuò ne?

How will this affect your work?

[continuation] particle
Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that an action or state is still continuing.
[elliptical question] particle
Used for elliptical questions about a subject already mentioned or to ask about the location of someone or something

我们的东西呢？

wǒ​men de dōng​xi ne?

Where are our things?

如果我打电话给他呢？

rú​guǒ wǒ dǎ diàn​huà gěi tā ne?

What if I call him?

[emphasis] particle
Used at the end of a declarative sentence to add a tone of confirmation, strong affirmation, or slight exaggeration.

我还以为你喜欢他呢。

wǒ hái yǐ​wéi nǐ xǐ​huan tā ne.

I thought you liked him.

我以为你不喝酒呢。

wǒ yǐ​wéi nǐ bù hē jiǔ ne.

I thought you didn't drink.

[pause] particle
Used after a word or phrase within a sentence to signal a deliberate pause, often to emphasize a topic or to give the listener time to process.
呢 ní
woolen cloth
(bound form) heavy or dense woolen fabric used for making coats and jackets
mani
(bound form) a character used in Buddhist mantras, specifically the third syllable of the six-syllable mantra "om mani padme hum"
chirping
(bound form) used in the word 呢喃 ní​nán to describe the twittering of birds or the sound of soft whispering

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Frequency
Character
Written text
383rd most common 579.8 per million
Movie subtitles
104th most common 1651.1 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2287.9 per million appears in 99% of films
Written text
671.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5462

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)