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<h1>Rhetorical questions with "nandao"
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<p>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.</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See Also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.2 Websites</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">难道 + [Rhetorical Question]</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">难道 你 真的 相信 他 吗？
You're not telling me you actually believe him? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">难道 你 是 我 妈 吗？
What are you, my mother or something? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 父母 这么 关心 你， 难道 你 一点 都 感觉 不到 吗？
Your parents care so much about you;You are not telling me that you could't feel it at all? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 这么 帅，又 这么 有钱，难道 你 不 想 嫁 给 他 吗？</span><br/></li>
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<p>He's so handsome and rich;you are not telling me that you don't want to marry him?
Note that 难道 can only be used for rhetorical questions which could be answered with yes or no, and generally end with 吗.</p>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">难道 我 应该 给 你 多少 钱？Not a 吗 question
How much money should I give you? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">难道你 还 想 在 这 种 公司 工作 多少 年？Not a 吗 question
How many more years do you want to work for this kind of company? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">难道他们 还 要 再 生 几 个 孩子？Not a 吗 question
How many more kids do they want to have?</span><br/></li>
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<h3>See Also</h3>
<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">"Could it be that" with "qibushi"
Expressing "could it be possible that" with "mofei"</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Sources and further reading
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<h4>Books</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 2 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (pp. 132-3) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Boya Chinese Upper Intermediate 1 (博雅汉语中级冲刺篇) (pp. 91-2) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Integrated Chinese: Level 2, Part 1 (pp. 120) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 83) →buy</span><br/></li>
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<h4>Websites</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question</span><br/></li>
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