难道

• 拼音: nán dào
• 汉字拆解: 难 = 又 (hand) + 隹 (bird), a bird hard to catch; 道 = 辶 (walk) + 首 (head), meaning road or to say

含义

Could it be that; don't tell me; surely not. A rhetorical adverb used to express surprise, disbelief, or challenge.

Used in rhetorical questions where the speaker already expects a particular answer. It adds emphasis and a tone of surprise or challenge. The expected answer is always 'no' — the speaker uses 难道 to imply that something should be obvious. Very common in spoken Chinese and informal writing.

例句

1. 难道你不知道今天是她的生日吗？
2. 他都说了三遍了，难道你没听到？
3. 这么简单的事情，难道还需要我帮你？

用法指南

语境: conversation, argument, rhetorical questions

语气: challenging

正确说法

• 难道这不是真的？(Don't tell me this isn't true?)
• 难道你忘了我们的约定？(Could it be that you forgot our agreement?)

错误说法

• 难道明天会下雨吗？(Don't use 难道 for genuine yes-or-no questions — it is only for rhetorical questions where you expect the answer to be obvious.)

起源与历史

难 means difficult; 道 means way or say. Together they suggest 'is it hard to say/see?' — used rhetorically to challenge the listener's position.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal