何尝

何嘗

hécháng

adverb #28,249

Meanings

1 (rhetorical) when has it ever been?
2 it's not that...
3 how could one not...

Characters

what / how (rhetorical)

to taste / to have tried / ever

Examples

我何尝不想去，只是没有时间。

Wǒ hécháng bù xiǎng qù, zhǐshì méiyǒu shíjiān.

It's not that I don't want to go — I just don't have time.

他何尝不知道这件事的风险？

Tā hécháng bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì de fēngxiǎn?

How could he not know the risks of this matter?

Tips

grammar

何尝 is always used in rhetorical questions or negated constructions (何尝不...) to mean 'it's not that one hasn't' or 'of course one also...'. It implies a shared feeling or situation. Don't confuse with 何常 (which doesn't exist as a set phrase).

Stroke Order

何 hé

尝 cháng