HSK 3 · Modal & Attitude

难道

nán dào

could it be that

Stroke order of 难道

2 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

难 · 10 strokes 道 · 12 strokes

Memory trick

Hard 难 and a path 道 with a head 首 on 辶: is the road really so hard?

Parts: 难 difficult (又 + 隹 bird) + 道 road (辶 + 首)

The characters in 难道

难 nán — difficult; hard (10 strokes)
道 dào — road; measure word for questions (12 strokes)

Example sentence

难道你不知道吗？

Could it be that you don't know?

Words with 难

难difficult; hard 难受to feel unwell; unbearable 难题difficult problem 难过sad; upset 难看ugly 难听unpleasant to hear 困难difficulty; difficult 难度degree of difficulty

Words with 道

知道to know 味道taste; flavour 道路road; path 道road; measure word for questions 道理reason; sense 报道to report; news report 街道street

More words: Modal & Attitude

当然of course 其实actually 确实indeed; really 果然as expected; sure enough 到底after all; on earth 反正anyway 千万be sure to; ten million 恐怕I'm afraid; perhaps 大概probably; roughly 就是exactly; just 只是only; merely; but 只有only; only if 只好to have no choice but to 不得不to have to 不必need not

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