nán dào

Traditional: 難道

HSK 3

难道 (nán dào) is a Chinese word meaning “don't tell me ...; could it be that...?”.

Meanings

  1. 1don't tell me ...
  2. 2could it be that...?
Part of speech
adverb

Characters in 难道

难nán · difficult (to...)道dào · road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])

Related words

知道to know; to become aware of难difficult (to...)难disaster道road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])道歉to apologize味道flavor; taste困难difficult报道to report (news)难以置信(idiom) hard to believe; incredible难过to feel sad道理reason难以hard to (predict, imagine etc)

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