fǎn​wèn HSK6

ask in reply

反问 (反問) fǎn​wèn
ask in reply verb
to ask a question in response to another question or to answer a question with a question

Instead of answering the reporter's question, he countered with one of his own.

rhetorical question verb
a question asked for effect or to emphasize a point rather than to elicit information

He asked rhetorically, 'Don't you understand yet?'

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.920 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
4.98 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6

Sources

Definitions
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