到底 (on earth / after all)
IntroducedAsk for a settled answer
- Someone has repeatedly avoided saying whether they will attend.
- you你on earth到底go去not不go去? — on earth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.
สร้างรูปแบบ
- The pattern in this lesson is on earth到底 (on earth / after all). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- รักษาคำไว้ตามตำแหน่งที่แสดง; รูปแบบต้องเข้ากับสถานการณ์เป้าหมายและรูปประโยคได้เช่นกัน
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 กดดันให้คำตอบจริง: 你到底去不去?
อ่านตัวอย่างในบริบท
- In the opening example, you你on earth到底go去not不go去?: on earth到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
- อธิบายว่าใครเป็นผู้กระทำ, อะไรกำลังถูกอธิบาย และเวลาหรือกลุ่มใดที่เกี่ยวข้อง ก่อนเลือกการแปลความภาษาอังกฤษ
ใน 他到底来了, 到底 หมายความว่า…
ในประโยคบอกเล่า, 到底 = after all: 他到底来了 (เขา came after all).
รู้ขอบเขต
- This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification.
- on earth到底 also has a statement use meaning after all, so it is not restricted to questions.
到底 ในคำถามทำให้คำถามมีความกดดันมากขึ้น (“on earth”).
ใช่: 你到底想要什么? = What on earth do you want?
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.
ใช้ความแตกต่าง
- on earth到底 presses for a definite answer to the attendance question.
- This can sound impatient or simply seek clarification. on earth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.
Someone has repeatedly avoided saying whether they will attend. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.