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
- 岂不惜哉(豈不惜哉) is it not a shame?
- 岂不说(豈不說) Was it not said?
- 岂不知(豈不知) Did you not know?
- 岂不是(豈不是) is it not true?
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
- 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 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
- 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 66 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 4 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 卷九十七 列傳第四十七: 劉幽求 鐘紹京 郭元振 張說 Volume 97 Biographies 47: Liu Youqiu, Zhong Shaojing, Guo Yuanzhen, Zhang Shuo Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 5