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title: "哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere) in Chinese Grammar: Not … anywhere, With Examples"
description: "哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere): not … anywhere; nowhere. 哪儿 + 也/都 + a negative means \"nowhere\" / \"not anywhere\". 2 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere)

Not … anywhere; nowhere

哪儿 + 也/都 + a negative means "nowhere" / "not anywhere".

## In stories

没有，**哪儿都没有**。

[我的书在哪儿？ · Where is my book?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/where-is-my-book-location-words-in-chinese#library-word-137-142) HSK 1

如来佛祖说：“你这只猴子，你一直都在我的手上，**哪儿也没去**！”

[五行山下 · Under the Five-Element Mountain](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/under-the-five-element-mountain-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-8#library-word-517-522) HSK 3

[Read 我的书在哪儿？](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/where-is-my-book-location-words-in-chinese#library-word-137-142)

## More patterns

- [连…都/也… even …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/lian-dou)
- [再也 + 不/没 never again; not any more](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zaiye-bu)
- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [谁 + 也/都 + (V不C) no one / nothing: …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shei-ye-neg-v)
- [一 + measure word (+ noun) + 也/都 + 不/没 not a single …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/yi-cl-ye-bu)
- [什么 + 也/都 + negative not … anything](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/shenme-ye-neg)

## What does 哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere) mean in Chinese?

Not … anywhere; nowhere. 哪儿 + 也/都 + a negative means "nowhere" / "not anywhere".

## How common is 哪儿 + 也/都 + negative (nowhere)?

It comes up in 2 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.