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岂
qǐ
how?
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Grammar note
岂 opens a rhetorical question whose answer is already known and is usually 'no'. It has no HSK level at all, and the prophets are full of it.
岂 — the question that expects no answer — how often the Chinese Bible uses it
Characters
岂
what; how
Appears in 231 verses
Genesis 3:1Genesis 4:9Genesis 18:12Genesis 18:14Genesis 18:17Genesis 29:15Genesis 30:2Genesis 34:31Genesis 41:38Genesis 50:19Exodus 14:12Leviticus 10:19Numbers 11:12Numbers 11:23Numbers 16:10Numbers 16:13Numbers 22:38Deuteronomy 20:19Joshua 1:9Judges 5:8Judges 8:2Judges 8:3Judges 9:9Judges 9:11Judges 9:13Judges 10:11Judges 14:3Judges 14:16Judges 15:18Ruth 1:131 Samuel 11:121 Samuel 14:451 Samuel 15:221 Samuel 17:291 Samuel 17:431 Samuel 21:151 Samuel 22:151 Samuel 24:191 Samuel 25:112 Samuel 2:262 Samuel 3:82 Samuel 7:52 Samuel 7:192 Samuel 11:112 Samuel 12:232 Samuel 16:92 Samuel 19:221 Kings 18:131 Kings 22:31 Kings 22:182 Kings 1:32 Kings 1:62 Kings 1:162 Kings 2:182 Kings 4:282 Kings 4:432 Kings 5:72 Kings 5:262 Kings 6:222 Kings 18:25
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