nǎ mén zi

Traditional: 哪門子

哪门子 (nǎ mén zi) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what
  2. 2what kind
  3. 3why on earth

Characters in 哪门子

哪nǎ · how门mén · gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])子zǐ · son

Related words

孩子child哪how哪(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]哪which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)哪儿where?哪里where?哪里where?儿子son门gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4])门surname Men房子house

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