comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree · quite · rather

zhe ne

zh+e·neutral tonen+e·neutral tone

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The man is starving.

那人饿着呢.

The king is naked!

国王光着呢！

It's still too early to talk about this now.

现在时间还早着呢，还是不谈这件事好。

Why isn't Tom asleep?

汤姆为什么还没睡着呢？

What if Tom is still alive?

如果汤姆还活着呢？

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