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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-08-29 / 06:38PM

Benny, what does 岂 means in the following sentence?

我这岂不是自己找麻烦吗

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lulanke

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 Roland Parijs yahoo.com 
2009-08-30 / 03:57AM

Hello Lu Kong,

I looked it up in a dictionary

岂 (qi3) in 我这岂不是自己找麻烦吗 is used before a negative word to form a retorical question, ususaly in written form, so the translation would be:

“How can I not blame my self to look for problems”

Hope I am right.

让我先回答,本霓,我尊敬汉语老师

万事如意

陆蓝克

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-08-30 / 11:32AM
To : Roland Parijs

Perfect answer. Roland.

This is also a word of “emphsization”. And it can’t be translated into English

Benny



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