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那样

nà yàng

that way

Usage note

“那样”用来描述动作的方式或事物的样子，表示像某个已知的样子去做或呈现。

“nà yàng” yòng lái miáoshù dòngzuò de fāngshì huò shìwù de yàngzi, biǎoshì xiàng mǒu gè yǐ zhī de yàngzi qù zuò huò chéngxiàn.

This word is used to describe the way an action is done or how something appears, meaning to do or present something in a known manner.

Context note

当你想描述做事情的方法或样子时，可以用“那样”来指代前面说过的方式。

Dāng nǐ xiǎng miáoshù zuò shìqíng de fāngfǎ huò yàngzi shí, kěyǐ yòng “nà yàng” lái zhǐdài qiánmiàn shuōguò de fāngshì.

Use this word to refer back to a way of doing something or a manner that was mentioned earlier, often in everyday conversations about actions or behaviors.

5 examples

我昨天那样做了作业。
wǒ zuó tiān nà yàng zuò le zuò yè。
I did my homework that way yesterday.
他那样回答了问题。
tā nà yàng huí dá le wèn tí。
He answered the question in that way.
妈妈说那样做不对。
mā ma shuō nà yàng zuò bú duì。
Mom said doing it that way was wrong.
那样可以更快完成任务。
nà yàng kě yǐ gèng kuài wán chéng rèn wu。
That way can finish the task faster.
你那样想就错了。
nǐ nà yàng xiǎng jiù cuò le。
If you think that way, you are wrong.

5 mini stories

小明昨天那样做了作业，今天作业做得很好。
xiǎo míng zuó tiān nà yàng zuò le zuò yè， jīn tiān zuò yè zuò dé hěn hǎo。
Xiaoming did his homework that way yesterday and finished it very well today.
妈妈说那样做不对，应该那样做。
mā ma shuō nà yàng zuò bú duì， yīng gāi nà yàng zuò。
Mom said doing it that way was wrong, we should do it that way.
小红那样回答了问题，老师表扬她。
xiǎo hóng nà yàng huí dá le wèn tí， lǎo shī biǎo yáng tā。
Xiaohong answered the question in that way and the teacher praised her.
爸爸说那样做不对，应该那样做。
bà ba shuō nà yàng zuò bú duì， yīng gāi nà yàng zuò。
Dad said doing it that way was wrong, we should do it that way.
妈妈说那样做可以更快完成任务。
mā ma shuō nà yàng zuò kě yǐ gèng kuài wán chéng rèn wu。
Mom said doing it that way could finish the task faster.

Mini dialogue

整理书包

A
你的书包不能那样放，会弄脏的。
Nǐ de shūbāo bù néng nà yàng fàng, huì nòng zāng de.
You can't put your schoolbag that way, it will get dirty.
B
我知道了，应该这样放。
Wǒ zhīdào le, yīnggāi zhèyàng fàng.
I understand, it should be put this way.

学写字

A
这个字是这样写的吗？
Zhè ge zì shì zhèyàng xiě de ma?
Is this character written this way?
B
不是那样，你应该先写这一笔。
Bù shì nà yàng, nǐ yīnggāi xiān xiě zhè yī bǐ.
Not that way, you should write this stroke first.

Related words and contrasts

contrast
这样
zhè yàng
this way

那样 means that way (far); 这样 means this way (near).

related
那么
nà me
like that, then

Both use 那 to point to something not close.

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