难道说

難道說
nándàoshuō
phrase #27,492

Meanings

  1. 1 do you mean to say…?
  2. 2 could it really be that…?
  3. 3 is it possible that…?

Examples

HSK 2
Nándàoshuō nǐ zhēnde bù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì?
Do you mean to say you really didn't know about this?
HSK 5
Nándàoshuō tā yīzhí zài piàn wǒmen?
Could it really be that he has been deceiving us all along?

Tips

grammar
难道说 is an emphatic variant of 难道 (nándào). Both introduce a rhetorical question expecting a negative answer. Adding softens the tone slightly and is more colloquial. The expected answer is usually 'no, surely not'.

Stroke Order

nán
dào
shuō