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The Chinese word nandao - 难道 - nándào
(could it be that in Chinese)



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Phonetic transcription (Hanyu Pinyin)

nándào

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English translations

could it be that,
is it possible that

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Chinese characters  ( nandao / nándào ) with pronunciation (English translation: could it be that )

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难道 ( nandao / nándào ) is composed of these characters: 难 (nan) , 道 (dao)
难道 ( nandao / nándào ) in traditional characters
難道
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 难道 ( nandao / nándào ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
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If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).

Nandao ni bu zhidao ma?
Nándào nǐ bù zhīdao ma?
 – English translation: Don't you know?

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difficult  |  also: path
难道 ( nandao / nándào ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 515)

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