How to Say ‘Where did you go hiking?’ in Simplified Chinese
去哪儿爬的？
qù nǎ ér pá de
[qù nǎr pá de]
💬 Usage Tip: Ending with 的 instead of 了 asks about the details of something you already know happened, like where it was. It works the same way in 什么时候去的？ "when did you go?".
Phrase Breakdown
去
qù
[qù]
to go
Move toward a place.
我去医院。
I'm going to the hospital.
哪儿
nǎ ér
[nǎr]
where
Question word asking about place.
你去哪儿？
Where are you going?
爬
pá
[pá]
to climb
Verb for climbing up something like a mountain or stairs.
他每天爬楼梯。
He climbs the stairs every day.
的
de
[de]
(particle stressing details of a past action)
Used in the 是…的 pattern to ask or stress where, when or how something already happened.
你是怎么来的？
How did you get here?
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