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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	呢	呢	ne	ne5	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation
2	着呢	著呢	zhe ne	zhe5 ne5	comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather
3	管他呢	管他呢	guǎn tā ne	guan3 ta1 ne5	don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter; whatever; anyway
4	何苦呢	何苦呢	hé kǔ ne	he2 ku3 ne5	why bother?; is it worth the trouble?
5	杀鸡何必要用牛刀呢	殺雞何必要用牛刀呢	shā jī hé bì yào yòng niú dāo ne	sha1 ji1 he2 bi4 yao4 yong4 niu2 dao1 ne5	don't use a sledgehammer to crack a nut; de minimis non curat praetor (trivial matters are of no concern to a high official)
6	怎么说呢	怎麼說呢	zěn me shuō ne	zen3 me5 shuo1 ne5	Why is that?; How come?