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Intermediate Grammar Clinic HSK 4 Required 8 words

Rhetorical Questions with 难道

Focused practice for Rhetorical Questions with 难道 with support vocabulary and targeted demos.

Goal

Learners can recognize the pattern, explain its role, and produce two new sentences.

Write two original sentences with this pattern, then replace one noun or verb and keep the grammar stable.

Focus

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

Useful examples

难道这不是好消息吗?

Practice sentence from the linked grammar guide.

这个句子里的难道让意思更清楚。

The 难道 in this sentence makes the meaning clearer.

Rhetorical Questions with 难道……吗

Use 难道……吗? to show surprise or disbelief, as in 难道你不知道吗? “Surely you know?”

Open the grammar article

Practice sentences

难道你不知道明天考试吗?

Don’t tell me you didn’t know there’s an exam tomorrow!

Opens a question that expects no answer.

Try a few cards from this module

难道
nán dào
Meanings
don't tell me .. could it be that...?

Module word list

Word Pinyin Meaning Dictionary
难道 nán dào don't tell me ... Dictionary
语法 yǔ fǎ grammar Dictionary
句子 jù zi sentence Dictionary
结构 jié gòu structure Dictionary
表达 biǎo dá to express; to convey Dictionary
例子 lì zi case Dictionary
意思 yì si idea Dictionary
练习 liàn xí to practice Dictionary