難道

See also: 难道

Chinese

 
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (難道)
simp. (难道)

Etymology

Pronunciation


Adverb

難道

  1. Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 莫非,
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 莫非, , 難道
Mandarin Beijing 難道, 難不成,
Taiwan 難道, 難不成
Cantonese Guangzhou 唔通
Hong Kong 唔通
Taishan 唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 無成, 敢講, 敢係
Liudui (S. Sixian) 無成, 敢講, 敢係
Hsinchu (Hailu) 無成, 敢講, 敢係
Dongshi (Dabu) 無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Hsinchu (Raoping) 無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係
Min Nan Xiamen
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Taipei ,
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