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岂
qǐ
Description
"岂"是一个书面语的字，常用来表示反问的语气，意思差不多是"难道"、"怎么能"。
"岂" is a literary character often used to express a rhetorical question, meaning something like "could it be" or "how can".
它常常出现在"岂有此理"、"岂不是"这样的说法里。
It often appears in expressions like "岂有此理" and "岂不是".
Meanings
岂qǐ
how could...? (used in rhetorical questions)
这件事岂能这样算了？
How can this matter just be let go like this?
岂不qǐbù
wouldn't it be...? isn't it clearly...?
你不去，岂不是很可惜？
If you don't go, wouldn't that be a pity?
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Notes
- Register
岂 is formal and literary; in speech people usually say 难道 or 怎么.
- Usage
almost always begins a rhetorical question expecting a negative answer.
In videos
“岂不冤枉事实”
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