Read Edit View history 反问 fǎnwèn HSK6 ask in reply Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 反问 (反問) fǎnwèn ask in reply verb to ask a question in response to another question or to answer a question with a question 面对记者的提问，他没有回答，反而反问了一句。 miànduì jìzhě de tíwèn, tā méiyǒu huídá, fǎn'ér fǎnwèn le yī jù. 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 他用反问的语气问道：“难道你还不明白吗？” tā yòng fǎnwèn de yǔqì wèn dào:“ nándào nǐ hái bù míngbai ma?” 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 CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
反问 (反問) fǎnwèn ask in reply verb to ask a question in response to another question or to answer a question with a question 面对记者的提问，他没有回答，反而反问了一句。 miànduì jìzhě de tíwèn, tā méiyǒu huídá, fǎn'ér fǎnwèn le yī jù. 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 他用反问的语气问道：“难道你还不明白吗？” tā yòng fǎnwèn de yǔqì wèn dào:“ nándào nǐ hái bù míngbai ma?” 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 CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)