到底 (on earth / after all) · 到底
Ask for a settled answer
- Someone has repeatedly avoided saying whether they will attend.
- 你到底去不去？ — 到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
Ask for a settled answer
- Someone has repeatedly avoided saying whether they will attend.
- you你finally到底去不去？ — finally到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
Someone has repeatedly avoided saying whether they will attend. What does 你到底去不去？ communicate?
到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question. This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification. 到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 到底 (on earth / after all). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
you你on earth到底want想go去not不go去？
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is finally到底 (on earth / after all). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
you你on earth到底want想go去not不go去？
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Are you going or not, in the end? 你 ____ 去不去?
到底 + Question presses for the real answer: 你到底去不去? · 到底 + 疑问 追问究竟:你到底去不去?
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 你到底去不去？: 到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, you你finally到底去不去？: finally到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
In 他到底来了, 到底 means… · 在 他到底来了 里,到底 表示……
In a statement, 到底 = after all: 他到底来了 (he came after all). · 在陈述句里,到底 = 到底还是:他到底来了。
Know the boundary
- This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification.
- 到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions.
Know the boundary
- This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification.
- finally到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions.
到底 in a question makes it more pressing (“on earth”). · 到底 用在疑问句里使语气更急切(“究竟”)。
Yes: 你到底想要什么? = what on earth do you want? · 对:你到底想要什么? = 你究竟想要什么?
到底 can appear only in questions.
This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification. 到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions. 到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
Use the distinction
- 到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
- This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification. 到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.
Use the distinction
- finally到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
- This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification. finally到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.