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难道 (nán dào) English Meaning
- don’t tell me…
- could it be that…?
Traditional Characters: 難道
难 forms words in:
HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
道 forms words in:
HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
Sample Sentences
- 难道你还不明白－－那都是诬陷!
Nándào nǐ hái bù míngbái–nà dōu shì wúxiàn!
Don’t you see it was all a frame-up! - 你难道不知道窃窃私语是不礼貌的吗？
Nǐ nándào bùzhīdào qièqiè sīyǔ shì bù lǐmào de ma?
Don’t you know it’s rude to whisper? - 难道他可以买一把刀，而我就不行了？
Nándào tā kěyǐ mǎi yī bǎ dāo, ér wǒ jiù bùxíngle?
If it’s okay for him to buy a knife, then why on earth can’t I? - 你这个笨脑瓜难道不明白我们买不起吗？
Nǐ zhège bèn nǎoguā nándào bù míngbái wǒmen mǎi bù qǐ ma?
Can’t you get it into your thick skull that we can’t afford it? - 难道我没有告诉你演唱会的时候要早点去吗？
Nándào wǒ méiyǒu gàosù nǐ yǎnchàng huì de shíhòu yào zǎodiǎn qù ma?
I thought I told you that you should get to the concert early? - 你怎么竟然做出这种事？你难道不知羞耻吗？
Nǐ zěnme jìngrán zuò chū zhè zhǒng shì? Nǐ nándào bù zhī xiūchǐ ma?
How could you do such a thing? Have you no shame?
Stroke Order & Character Components
难 (nán): difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- ヌ(yòu): still / hand
- 隹(zhuī): short-tailed bird
道 (dào): direction; way; road; path; CL: 條|条(tiáo), 股(gǔ); principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, etc.), barriers (walls, doors, etc.), questions (in an exam, etc.), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; province (of Korea or Japan)
- 辶 (chuò): brisk walking
- 首 (shǒu): head
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 难
HSK 3 Word List
- 难(nán): difficult (to..); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 难过(nán guò): feel sorry; be grieved
HSK 4 Word List
- 困难(kùn nan): (financial, etc.) difficulty; problem; issue; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 难道(nán dào): don’t tell me..; could it be that..?
- 难受(nán shòu): to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
HSK 5 Word List
- 难怪(nán guài): (it’s) no wonder (that..); (it’s) not surprising (that)
- 难免(nán miǎn): hard to avoid; difficult to escape from
HSK 6 Word List
- 艰难(jiān nán): difficult; hard; challenging
- 难得(nán dé): seldom; rare; hard to come by
- 难堪(nán kān): hard to take; embarrassed
- 难能可贵(nán néng kě guì): rare and commendable; estimable
- 为难(wéi nán): feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)
- 灾难(zāi nàn): disaster; catastrophe
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 道
HSK 2 Word List
- 知道(zhī dào): to know; to be aware of
HSK 3 Word List
- 街道(jiē dào): street; CL: 条(tiáo)
HSK 4 Word List
- 道歉(dào qiàn): to apologize; to make an apology
- 难道(nán dào): don’t tell me…; could it be that…?
- 味道(wèi dào): flavor; smell; hint of
HSK 5 Word List
- 报道(bào dào): report; to report (new); CL: 篇(piān), 份(fèn)
- 打交道(dǎjiāo dào): to come into contact with; to have dealings
- 道德(dào dé): virtue; morality; ethics; moral; CL: 种(zhǒng)
- 道理(dào lǐ): reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL: 個|个(gè)
- 地道(dì dao): real; pure; genuine; typical; well-done; thorough
- 频道(pín dào): frequency; (television) channel
HSK 6 Word List
- 霸道(bà dào): overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine, etc.) strong; potent; the Way of the Hegemon, abbr. of 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道
- 赤道(chì dào): equator (of the earth or astronomical body)
- 东道主(dōng dào zhǔ): host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
- 公道(gōng dào): justice; fairness; public highway
- 轨道(guǐdào): orbit; railway or tram line; fig. conventional way of thinking
- 渠道(qú dào): irrigation ditch; medium or channel of communication
- 人道(rén dào): human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the ‘human way’, one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
- 任重道远(rèn zhòng dào yuǎn): a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
- 隧道(suì dào): tunnel
- 微不足道(wēi bù zú dào): negligible; insignificant
*CL: Classifier/Measure Word
