唔m4通tung1

English

1. "could it be that…."; "don't tell me that…"; often used in a sentence to emphasize the rhetorical tone of a question, with a similar effect to adding 'surely….' to a question
2. could it be; is it possible that; also used to add emphasis to a rhetorical question

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 加強疑問，表示係咪真係有咁嘅可能；亦都會用喺反問

Examples

• 唔通係？

  Would it be?

  Tatoeba · aizilan CC BY

• 佢突然性情大變，唔通佢有病？

  He suddenly changes his attitude completely, could he be sick?

• 你㓤我等，唔通我等唔流血咩？

  If you prick us, do we not bleed?

  Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

• 點解你可以話走就走㗎？唔通你喺香港土生土長，對香港呢個地方冇感情咩？

  How come can you just leave? Born and raised in Hong Kong, don't you have any affection with this place?

• 你唔通係牛皮燈籠？點極唔明㗎！

  Tatoeba · LeeSooHa CC BY

• 要解釋點解咁樣行唔通，要講好耐喎。

  Tatoeba · dngzz1 CC BY

• 「我諗我唔見咗我一隻耳機。我好震驚。」「我應該綁住佢。」「唔通係無線嘅重點咩？」

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 「點解瑪麗咁叻日文？」「唔通係因為佢男朋友係日本人咩？」「我明喇。愛嘅力量好大。」

  Tatoeba CC BY