Level 1 · Beginner
Bounce-back questions with 呢
Noun / Pronoun + 呢？
呢 (ne) bounces a question back without repeating it: 我很好，你呢？"I'm fine — and you?" Whatever was just asked or said, X + 呢 asks the same thing about X.
With no conversation before it, X + 呢 asks where X is: 我的手机呢？"Where's my phone?"
Examples
我很好，你呢？
wǒ hěn hǎo nǐ ne
I'm fine — and you?
我喜欢喝茶，你呢？
我喜歡喝茶，你呢？
wǒ xǐ huan hē chá nǐ ne
I like drinking tea — how about you?
你爸爸呢？
nǐ bà ba ne
What about your dad? / Where's your dad?
我的手机呢？
我的手機呢？
wǒ de shǒu jī ne
Where's my phone?
Common mistakes
✗ 你呢吗？
✓ 你呢？
呢 and 吗 are both question particles — a sentence takes one or the other, never both.
Related grammar points
Practice this pattern in graded stories like The Sweet Dream, How Old Are You?, What Do You Like to Eat? inside the Literate Chinese app.
