Word: 到底 (dàodǐ)

一光年到底有多长？

Yì guāngnián dàodǐ yǒu duō cháng?

Just how long is one light-year?

他伸出脚，试探水到底有多深。

Tā shēnchū jiǎo, shìtàn shuǐ dàodǐ yǒu duō shēn.

He stuck out his foot to test how deep the water was.

他到底躲在什么地方呢？

Tā dàodǐ duǒ zài shénme dìfang ne?

I wonder where he is hiding.

你到底为什么在这里？

Nǐ dàodǐ wèishénme zài zhèlǐ?

Why on earth are you here?

你到底为什么要这么做？

Nǐ dàodǐ wèishénme yào zhème zuò?

Why exactly did you need to do that?

你到底在纠结什么？

Nǐ dàodǐ zài jiūjié shénme?

What exactly are you so conflicted about?

你到底在这儿做什么？

Nǐ dàodǐ zài zhèr zuò shénme?

Whatever are you doing here?

你到底怎么了啊？

Nǐ dàodǐ zěnme le a?

What happened to you?

你到底想暗示什么？

Nǐ dàodǐ xiǎng ànshì shénme?

What in the world are you getting at?

你到底是怎么做的？

Nǐ dàodǐ shì zěnme zuò de?

How in the world did you do it?

你到底是谁？

Nǐ dàodǐ shì shéi?

Who are you, anyway?

你到底有没有听我说的话？

Nǐ dàodǐ yǒuméiyǒu tīng wǒ shuō de huà?

Did you listen at all to what I said?

你到底答应吗？

Nǐ dàodǐ dāying ma?

Did you eventually respond?

你到底要对它怎么样？

Nǐ dàodǐ yào duì tā zěnmeyàng?

What the hell are you going to do with it?

你要把计划贯彻到底。

Nǐ yào bǎ jìhuà guànchè dàodǐ.

You have to put the plan into practice all the way through.

你说得这么玄，到底是什么意思？

Nǐ shuō de zhème xuán, dàodǐ shì shénme yìsi?

You're making it sound so cryptic. What exactly do you mean?

兄弟，你到底姓什么啊？

Xiōngdì, nǐ dàodǐ xìng shénme a?

Bro, what's your last name?

到底发生了什么事。

Dàodǐ fāshēngle shénme shì.

What actually happened?

到底怎么了？

Dàodǐ zěnme le?

What on earth is the matter?

到底是谁杀害了他？

Dàodǐ shì shéi shāhàile tā?

Who on earth murdered him?

到底躲到哪里去了？

Dàodǐ duǒ dào nǎlǐ qùle?

Where in the world could it be hiding?

大海里撑篙,点不到底

dà hǎilǐ chēng gāo,diǎn bú dàodǐ

poling a boat in the open sea: the pole can't touch the bottom

大爆炸之前到底有什么？

Dàbàozhà zhīqián dàodǐ yǒu shénme?

What was there before the Big Bang, anyway?

山涧里的水清得能看到底。

Shānjiàn lǐ de shuǐ qīng de néng kàn dàodǐ.

The water in the mountain stream is so clear you can see the bottom.

帮人帮到底，救人救个活

bāng rén bāng dàodǐ, jiù rén jiù ge huó

help a person to the end; save a person so they live

我不确定那座桥到底有多长。

Wǒ bú quèdìng nà zuò qiáo dàodǐ yǒu duō cháng.

I don't know the exact length of this bridge.

我就想知道到底出了什么事。

Wǒ jiù xiǎng zhīdào dàodǐ chūle shénme shì.

I just want to know what actually happened.

所以，你到底想说什么？

Suǒyǐ, nǐ dàodǐ xiǎng shuō shénme?

Well, just what is it you're trying to say?

打破沙锅,璺到底

dǎpò shāguō,wèn dàodǐ

a smashed clay pot: the crack (ask) goes all the way to the bottom

扳倒大瓮扫小米儿，摸到底了

bāndǎo dà wèng sǎo xiǎomǐ ér, mō dàodǐ le

tipping over a big jar to sweep up the millet: reached the bottom

棒球到底哪里有意思？

Bàngqiú dàodǐ nǎlǐ yǒuyìsi?

What's so interesting about baseball?

海滩上你到底愿意去吗？

Hǎitān shàng nǐ dàodǐ yuànyì qù ma?

Are you willing to go to the beach?

清水锅里煮铜钱,一眼看到底

qīngshuǐ guō li zhǔ tóngqián,yì yǎnkàn dàodǐ

boiling copper coins in a pot of clear water: you see the bottom at a glance

菜碟舀水，一眼看到底

cài dié yǎoshuǐ, yì yǎnkàn dàodǐ

Scooping water with a vegetable saucer: you see the bottom at a glance

说正经的，你到底去不去？

Shuō zhèngjīng de, nǐ dàodǐ qù bú qù?

Seriously, are you going or not?

请问，区块链到底是怎么工作的？

Qǐngwèn, qūkuàiliàn dàodǐ shì zěnme gōngzuò de?

Excuse me, how does blockchain actually work?

谁来告诉我到底发生了什么事？

Shéi lái gàosu wǒ dàodǐ fāshēngle shénme shì?

I am still waiting to be told what happened.

那到底是什么声音？

Nà dàodǐ shì shénme shēngyīn?

Whatever is that noise?

问题是她到底来还是不来。

Wèntí shì tā dàodǐ lái háishi bù lái.

The point is whether she will come or not.

问题的症结到底在哪儿？

Wèntí de zhēngjié dàodǐ zài nǎr?

Where exactly is the crux of the problem?

问题的症结到底在哪里？

Wèntí de zhēngjié dàodǐ zài nǎlǐ?

Where exactly is the crux of the problem?