Word: 呢 (ne) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?")

不知道别的星球上有没有生物呢？

Bù zhīdào biéde xīngqiú shàng yǒuméiyǒu shēngwù ne?

I wonder if life exists on other planets.

不知道明天天气会怎么样呢？

Bù zhīdào míngtiān tiānqì huì zěnmeyàng ne?

I wonder what the weather will be tomorrow.

不知道是谁发明的呢？

Bù zhīdào shì shéi fāmíng de ne?

I wonder who invented it.

为什么不让你的嘴巴休息呢？

Wèishénme búràng nǐ de zuǐba xiūxi ne?

Why don't you give your mouth a rest?

为什么买这样的车呢？

Wèishénme mǎi zhèyàng de chē ne?

Why are you buying this type of car?

为什么他今天不能打网球呢？

Wèishénme tā jīntiān bùnéng dǎ wǎngqiú ne?

Why can't he play tennis today?

为什么他们会需要那么做呢？

Wèishénme tāmen huì xūyào nàme zuò ne?

Why would they need to do that?

为什么他会做这样的事呢？

Wèishénme tā huì zuò zhèyàng de shì ne?

Why did he do such a thing?

为什么你做饭那么拿手呢？

Wèishénme nǐ zuòfàn nàme náshǒu ne?

Why are you so good at cooking?

为什么你每天都学习呢？

Wèishénme nǐ měitiān dōu xuéxí ne?

Why do you study every day?

为什么你的脑袋那么聪明呢？

Wèishénme nǐ de nǎodai nàme cōngming ne?

Why are you so smart?

为什么你要烧这些图片呢？

Wèishénme nǐ yào shāo zhèxiē túpiàn ne?

Why are you burning these pictures?

为什么她要做这种事情呢？

Wèishénme tā yào zuò zhèzhǒng shìqing ne?

What made her do so?

为什么我们不一起吃午饭呢？

Wèishénme wǒmen bù yìqǐ chī wǔfàn ne?

Why don't we have lunch together?

为什么没人来我的网站呢？

Wèishénme méi rén lái wǒ de wǎngzhàn ne?

Why isn't anyone visiting my website?

为什么要学法语呢？

Wèishénme yào xué Fǎyǔ ne?

Why learn French?

为什么这个时间在外面呢？

Wèishénme zhège shíjiān zài wàimiàn ne?

Why are you out at this hour?

为什么雪是白色的呢？

Wèishénme xuě shì báisè de ne?

Why is snow white?

他为什么生气了呢？

Tā wèishénme shēngqì le ne?

Why did he become angry?

他们为什么否决了你的建议呢？

Tāmen wèishénme fǒujuéle nǐ de jiànyì ne?

Why did they turn down your proposal?

他们知道什么呢？

Tāmen zhīdào shénme ne?

What do they know?

他到底躲在甚么地方呢？

Tā dàodǐ duǒ zài shénme dìfāng ne?

I wonder where he is hiding.

他怎么还没下来呢？

Tā zěnme hái méi xiàlai ne?

How come he still hasn't come down?

他有什么不喜欢吃的呢？

Tā yǒu shénme bù xǐhuan chī de ne?

What is there that he doesn't like to eat?

但如果他说不呢？

Dàn rúguǒ tā shuō bù ne?

But what if he says no?

你为了什么来到了西班牙呢？

Nǐ wèile shénme láidàole Xībānyá ne?

Why did you come to Spain?

你为什么不去呢？

Nǐ wèishénme bú qù ne?

Why aren't you going?

你为什么不回家呢？

Nǐ wèishénme bù huíjiā ne?

Why don't you go home?

你为什么不读这杂志呢？

Nǐ wèishénme bù dú zhè zázhì ne?

Why didn't you read the magazine?

你为什么不跟他跳舞呢？

Nǐ wèishénme bù gēn tā tiàowǔ ne?

Why didn't you dance with him?

你为什么去了车站呢？

Nǐ wèishénme qùle chēzhàn ne?

Why did you go to the station?

你为什么想成为护士呢？

Nǐ wèishénme xiǎng chéngwéi hùshi ne?

Why do you want to be a nurse?

你为什么要讲这个笑话呢？

Nǐ wèishénme yào jiǎng zhège xiàohua ne?

Why did you tell this joke?

你为什么要那样做呢？

Nǐ wèishénme yào nàyàng zuò ne?

Why did you do that?

你为什么觉得动物怕火呢？

Nǐ wèishénme juéde dòngwù pà huǒ ne?

Why do you think animals dread fire?

你为什么长不大呢？

Nǐ wèishénme zhǎng bú dà ne?

Why don't you grow up?

你为甚么不亲我了呢？

Nǐ wèi shénme bù qīn wǒ le ne?

Why don't you kiss me anymore?

你为甚么不让我考驾照呢？

Nǐ wèi shénme búràng wǒ kǎo jiàzhào ne?

Why wouldn't you let me get a driver's license?

你以后想当什么呢？

Nǐ yǐhòu xiǎng dāng shénme ne?

What would you like to be in the future?

你们两个做了什么有趣的事情呢？

Nǐmen liǎng gè zuòle shénme yǒuqù de shìqing ne?

What do you two do for fun?

你们为何不回家呢？

Nǐmen wèihé bù huíjiā ne?

Why don't you guys head on home?

你们怎么就是没相信我呢？

Nǐmen zěnme jiùshì méi xiāngxìn wǒ ne?

Why didn't you believe me?

你们的书什么时候会出版呢？

Nǐmen de shū shénme shíhou huì chūbǎn ne?

When is your book coming out?

你会坐火车还是汽车呢？

Nǐ huì zuò huǒchē háishi qìchē ne?

Do you go by train or by car?

你呢？

Nǐ ne?

And you?

你周末干了些什么呢？

Nǐ zhōumò gànle xiē shénme ne?

How did you spend your weekend?

你开着电视怎么能安心学习呢？

Nǐ kāizhe diànshì zěnme néng ānxīn xuéxí ne?

With the T.V. on, how can you keep your mind on your studies?

你怎么不去睡一会儿觉呢？

Nǐ zěnme bú qù shuì yíhuìr jué ne?

Why don't you try and get some sleep?

你怎么不睡觉呢？

Nǐ zěnme bú shuìjiào ne?

Why don't you go to sleep?

你怎么没说过呢？

Nǐ zěnme méi shuōguo ne?

How come you didn't say?

你怎么能容忍他呢？

Nǐ zěnme néng róngrěn tā ne?

How you can abide him?

你想坐哪儿呢？

Nǐ xiǎng zuò nǎr ne?

And where do you want to sit?

你想给他们什么呢？

Nǐ xiǎng gěi tāmen shénme ne?

What do you want to give them?

你放假打算去甚么地方玩呢？

Nǐ fàngjià dǎsuàn qù shénme dìfāng wán ne?

Where are you going to go on your vacation?

你是哪里人呢？

Nǐ shì nǎlǐ rén ne?

Where are you from?

你是怎么称呼你父亲的呢？

Nǐ shì zěnme chēnghu nǐ fùqīn de ne?

What do you call your father?

你最喜欢这部电影的哪一部分呢？

Nǐ zuì xǐhuan zhè bù diànyǐng de nǎ yíbùfen ne?

What part of the movie did you like best?

你有什么建议呢？

Nǐ yǒu shénme jiànyì ne?

What is your advice?

你期望在这儿能找到甚么呢？

Nǐ qīwàng zài zhèr néng zhǎodào shénme ne?

What do you hope to find here?

你甚么看法呢？

Nǐ shénme kànfǎ ne?

What's your opinion?

你的妹妹呢？

Nǐ de mèimei ne?

Where did your sister just go?

你的姐姐呢？

Nǐ de jiějie ne?

Where did your sister just go?

你知道为什么他们安静下来了呢？

Nǐ zhīdào wèishénme tāmen ānjìng xiàlai le ne?

Do you know why they stopped talking?

你觉得动物为什么会怕火呢？

Nǐ juéde dòngwù wèishénme huì pà huǒ ne?

Why do you think animals dread fire?

你觉得我的新发型怎么样呢？

Nǐ juéde wǒ de xīn fàxíng zěnmeyàng ne?

What do you think of my new hairstyle?

你觉得我跟他说了些什么呢？

Nǐ juéde wǒ gēn tā shuōle xiē shénme ne?

What do you think I told him?

你觉得这儿发生了什么呢？

Nǐ juéde zhèr fāshēngle shénme ne?

What do you think came to pass here?

你还需要什么呢？

Nǐ hái xūyào shénme ne?

What else will you need?

假设李先生从来没来过这里的话，那他怎么可能是凶手呢？

Jiǎshè Lǐ xiānsheng cóngláiméi láiguo zhèlǐ dehuà, nà tā zěnme kěnéng shì xiōngshǒu ne?

Supposing Mr Li had never been here, then how could he be the killer?

女孩儿们在哪儿呢？

Nǚháirmen zài nǎr ne?

Where are the girls?

她是怎样的人呢？

Tā shì zěnyàng de rén ne?

What kind of person is she?

她的公寓有几间房呢？

Tā de gōngyù yǒu jǐ jiān fáng ne?

How many rooms does she have in her apartment?

如果你死了，你的家人会怎样呢？

Rúguǒ nǐ sǐle, nǐ de jiārén huì zěnyàng ne?

If you should die, what would become of your family?

如果你饿了，为什么不吃饭呢？

Rúguǒ nǐ èle, wèishénme bù chīfàn ne?

If you're hungry, why don't you eat?

如果我要的比他多呢？

Rúguǒ wǒ yào de bǐ tā duō ne?

What if I want it more than he does?

对，然后呢？

Duì, ránhòu ne?

Yes, and?

怎么不知道呢？

Zěnme bù zhīdào ne?

Don't you know how?

怎么会有这么多的人同意呢？

Zěnme huì yǒu zhème duō de rén tóngyì ne?

How could so many people go along with this?

怎么降低成本呢？

Zěnme jiàngdī chéngběn ne?

How do you keep costs down?

您下午做啥呢？

Nín xiàwǔ zuò shá ne?

So what will you do in the afternoon?

您有哪些弱点呢？

Nín yǒu nǎxiē ruòdiǎn ne?

What are your weaknesses?

您空闲的时候喜欢干甚么呢？

Nín kòngxián de shíhou xǐhuan gàn shènmǒ ne?

What do you like to do in your spare time?

我为什么一定要知道呢？

Wǒ wèishénme yídìng yào zhīdào ne?

Why must I know about it?

我为什么应该学法语呢？

Wǒ wèishénme yīnggāi xué Fǎyǔ ne?

Why should I learn French?

我们就算了吧，你说呢？

Wǒmen jiùsuànle ba, nǐ shuō ne?

Let's just forget it, what do you think?

我们应该怎么处理这个问题呢？

Wǒmen yīnggāi zěnme chǔlǐ zhège wèntí ne?

How shall we deal with this matter?

我们需要你的时候你又在哪儿呢？

Wǒmen xūyào nǐ de shíhou nǐ yòu zài nǎr ne?

Where were you when we needed you?

我呢？

Wǒ ne?

What about me?

我如何才能更新这个软件呢？

Wǒ rúhé cáinéng gēngxīn zhège ruǎnjiàn ne?

How can I update this software?

我应该往你的咖啡里放多少糖呢？

Wǒ yīnggāi wǎng nǐ de kāfēi lǐ fàng duōshǎo táng ne?

How much sugar should I put in your coffee?

我怎么去另一边呢？

Wǒ zěnme qù lìng yìbiān ne?

How do I get to the other side?

我怎样报名参加呢？

Wǒ zěnyàng bàomíng cānjiā ne?

How do I sign up?

我怎能忘记那些日子呢？

Wǒ zěn néng wàngjì nèixiē rìzi ne?

How can I forget those days?

我挺好的，你呢？

Wǒ tǐng hǎo de, nǐ ne?

I'm all right. And you?

我是老师，你呢？

Wǒ shì lǎoshī, nǐ ne?

I am a teacher. What about you?

我来自巴西，你呢？

Wǒ láizì Bāxī, nǐ ne?

I am from Brazil, and you?

我现在应该做什么呢？

Wǒ xiànzài yīnggāi zuò shénme ne?

So what should I do now?

我现在该怎么做呢？

Wǒ xiànzài gāi zěnme zuò ne?

What am I to do next?

我的梳子在哪里呢？

Wǒ de shūzi zài nǎlǐ ne?

Where is my comb?

我能把车停哪儿呢？

Wǒ néng bǎ chē tíng nǎr ne?

Where can I park?