岂不 (豈不) qǐbù

qǐbù adverb how can it be that?
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words 虚词
Notes: Used in rhetorical questions

Contained in

• 岂不惜哉(豈不惜哉) is it not a shame?

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 卷七十五 列傳第四十五 王湛 荀崧 范汪 劉惔 張憑 韓伯 Volume 75 Biographies 45: Wang Zhan; Xun Song; Fan Wang; Liu Tan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 69 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
• 卷之三　詩五言 Scroll 3: Five Character Form Poetry Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 6
• 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians Xunzi 荀子 — count: 6
• 第二回 Chapter 4 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5