呢

HSK 1 particle

(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds

Asks 'and what about …?': 我很好，你呢？ 'I'm fine, and you?' Or shows something is still going on: 他在睡觉呢 'he's still asleep'.

In a story

我看了看手机：怎么做肉呢？I checked my phone: how do you even cook meat?今天我做饭 · Today I Cook · HSK 1

到了学校，我想：我的书包呢？When I got to the school, I thought: where's my book bag?第一次上中文课 · My First Chinese Class · HSK 1

Grammar with 呢

呢

呢 — follow-up question

HSK 1

还X呢

还X呢 — some X you are! (sarcastic)

HSK 4

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