难道 nándào HSK3 [rhetorical question] Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 难道 難道 nándào [rhetorical question] adverb Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize disbelief or surprise; often used in the patterns 难道...吗 nándào... ma or 难道...不成 nándào... bùchéng, meaning "could it be that..." or "is it possible that..." 难道你不喜欢他们吗？ nándào nǐ bù xǐhuan tāmen ma? Don't you like them? 离婚难道是我唯一的选择？ líhūn nándào shì wǒ wéiyī de xuǎnzé? Is divorce my only option? Frequency Movie subtitles 175.1 per million appears in 49% of films Written text 76.9 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Synonym 莫非 mòfēi岂 qǐ莫不是 mòbùshì莫不然 mòbùránReferenced by 不成 bùchéngSame as 难不成 nánbùchéng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
难道 難道 nándào [rhetorical question] adverb Used in rhetorical questions to emphasize disbelief or surprise; often used in the patterns 难道...吗 nándào... ma or 难道...不成 nándào... bùchéng, meaning "could it be that..." or "is it possible that..." 难道你不喜欢他们吗？ nándào nǐ bù xǐhuan tāmen ma? Don't you like them? 离婚难道是我唯一的选择？ líhūn nándào shì wǒ wéiyī de xuǎnzé? Is divorce my only option? Frequency Movie subtitles 175.1 per million appears in 49% of films Written text 76.9 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 4 HSK 3.0 Level 3 Cross-References Synonym 莫非 mòfēi岂 qǐ莫不是 mòbùshì莫不然 mòbùránReferenced by 不成 bùchéngSame as 难不成 nánbùchéng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
