岂不 (豈不) qǐbù
qǐbù
adverb
how can it be that?
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used in rhetorical questions (CC-CEDICT '豈不'; Guoyu '豈不')
Contained in
- 岂不是(豈不是) is it not true?
- 岂不知(豈不知) Did you not know?
- 岂不说(豈不說) Was it not said?
- 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: 8
- 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 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
- 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
- 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians Xunzi 荀子 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 78 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
- 王霸篇第十一 Chapter 11: Rulers and Tyrants Xunzi 荀子 — count: 5
- 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: 5
- 卷八十一 列傳第四十一 劉秀之 顧琛 顧覬之 Volume 81 Biographies 41: Liu Xiuzhi, Gu Chen, Gu Jizhi Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5