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You go where

你去哪里？

nǐ qù nǎ lǐ

Natural English

Where are you going?

A place question retaining the question word after the movement action.

Sentence Category Questions
Sentence Type Standardized Expression
Level Basic

Token Mapping

  1. 1
    English Token
    you
    Chinese Unit
    你
    Pinyin
    nǐ
    Linked Word
    you - 你
  2. 2
    English Token
    go
    Chinese Unit
    去
    Pinyin
    qù
    Linked Word
    go - 去
  3. 3
    English Token
    where
    Chinese Unit
    哪里
    Pinyin
    nǎ lǐ
    Linked Word
    where - 哪里

Sentence Structure

Chinese Order
你 / 去 / 哪里
Chinglish Order
you / go / where
Natural English Order
Where are you going?

Sentence Analysis

A place question retaining the question word after the movement action.

Sentence Analysis

你 / 去 / 哪里 gives You / go / where. Natural English fronts where and adds auxiliary structure, but Chinglish preserves the Chinese question position.

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Standard Notes

Standard Status
Standard
Usage Context
Official Batch 002 candidate for manual editorial review.
Comprehensibility
Understandable with context

Related Words

you 你 nǐ go 去 qù where 哪里 nǎ lǐ