it can be used in many occasions````let me show you some examples 1 A：那个穿红色外套的女孩好漂亮啊！that girl in red coat is so pretty. B：哪里，哪里？where?where? this is used to ask a direction or somewhere A is talking about 2 A:：早就听说你的书法很好 I have already heard about that your handwriting are excellent long before. B：哪里，哪里。this is used for showing modest``````this means "my handwriting is not that well"````when other people praise us we often try to be modest and say "哪里哪里“, but many young people always reply praise like this"谢谢”，i just do in this way`````呵呵··· another example: i say"you're ao beautiful" then you reply"哪里哪里"，or you can say "谢谢"````in fact , the latter one is much better```` uhm, can my answer makes you sastified? if not or you have some other question ,you can ask me ````my msn is [email protected]呵呵

There are some explain about this words in Chinese language Interpretation: 1). Ask what the premises 2). Said that the premises of uncertainty 3). Refers to any premises 4). For the rhetorical questions that the negative 5). Kwok-him words. Mildly negative response.

example A：your Chinese is very good B：哪里哪里！

在中国，当受到别人的赞扬时候，一般说“哪里，哪里”表示很谦虚……

Hello Svetlana, It means : "There is nothing to pardon" or " You flatter me". Happyboy gave good examples above. Notice that if 哪里 is in the sense of 'where' ,it will be just mentioned once or repeated as in 哪里 ?哪里 ? . The other expression 哪里哪里 is not separated by any commas or interrogation marks to give the above mentioned meanings.