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  • Rhetorical questions with "nandao"

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    • Level
      B2
    • Similar to
    • Used for
      Asking questions, Expressing a rhetorical question
    • Keywords
      难道

    Rhetorical questions use the form of a question to emphasize a point, and as such the question does not require an answer. A typical English rhetorical question might be: "you're not saying you actually believe him, are you?" or "just how stupid are you?" In Chinese, 难道 (nándào) is used as a marker to form this kind of question.

    Contents

    • 1 Structure
    • 2 Examples
    • 3 See Also
    • 4 Sources and further reading
      • 4.1 Books
      • 4.2 Websites

    Structure

    难道 + [rhetorical question]

    Examples

    • 难道 你 真的 相信 他 吗? You're not telling me you actually believe him?
    • 难道 你 是 我 妈妈 吗? What are you, my mother or something?
    • 今天 是 我 的 生日,难道 你 不 知道 吗? Today's my birthday; you're telling me you didn't know?
    • 难道 跟 我 一起 走 一辈子 不 浪漫 吗?So spending the rest of our lives together isn't romantic enough for you?

    Note that 难道 can only be used for rhetorical questions which could be answered with yes or no, and generally end with 吗.

    • 难道 我 应该 给 你 多少 钱?(Not a 吗 question)How much money should I give you?
    • 难道我们 还 要 遭受 多少 年 的 压迫?(Not a 吗 question)How many more years of oppression must we suffer through?

    See Also

    • "Could it be that" with "qibushi"
    • Expressing "could it be possible that" with "mofei"

    Sources and further reading

    Books

    • Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 2 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (pp. 132-3)→buy
    • Boya Chinese Upper Intermediate 1 (博雅汉语中级冲刺篇) (pp. 91-2)→buy
    • Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 120) →buy
    • New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 83) →buy

    Websites

    • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question

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