(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")

used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]

which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪裡|哪里

where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?

which; who

even; even if; even though; no matter how

which ones?; who?; what?

(coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth

manna (Israelite food)

unlike; in contrast to

Nezha, protection deity

who would have imagined?; unexpectedly

see 天啊[tian1 a5]

which

who would have thought that ...?

(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it

you're too kind; you flatter me

who do (you) think (you) are?; who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?

what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection?

(coll.) to act first and then claim the outcome was intended; to act without a clear aim and justify it afterward (ironic reversal of 指哪兒打哪兒|指哪儿打哪儿[zhi3 na3 r5 da3 na3 r5], where one aims clearly and executes with precision)

just as bad; not much better

lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's weak point

a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb); (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)