反问

反问 fǎnwèn in a sentence

Rhetorical question

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

反问 (fǎnwèn) means Rhetorical question. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这句话用的是 反问 的语气。

Zhè jù huà yòng de shì fǎnwèn de yǔqì.

This sentence is put in the form of a rhetorical question.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反问

他没有回答,只是 反问 了我一句。

Tā méiyǒu huídá, zhǐshì fǎnwèn le wǒ yí jù.

He did not answer, but simply put a question back to me.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反问

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How is 反问 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 反问 (fǎnwèn, "Rhetorical question"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 反问 an HSK word?

Yes — 反问 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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