hé cháng
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  • adv.ever so

    • tā hé cháng bù xiǎng shàng dà xué

      何尝大学

      How can it be that he doesn't want to go to college?

    • wǒ hé cháng bù xiǎng qù zhǐ shì méi shí jiān

      何尝只是时间

      Not that I don't want to go, but that I just haven't got the time.

    • tā hé cháng bù xiǎng zǒu zhǐ shì méi gōng fu bà le

      何尝只是工夫罢了

      Not that he does't want to go, but that he has no time.

    • tā hé cháng bù xiǎng fā cái zhǐ shì méi néng lì

      何尝发财只是能力

      Not that he doesn't want to be rich, but that he's incompetent.

Word usage

  • Note
    "何尝" is used before the positive form to express negation, and used before the negative form to form double negation, expressing affirmation.