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
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Read this pattern in context: How Old Are You? — free graded stories with tap-to-reveal pinyin and translations.
