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What is the difference between 到底 and 究竟 ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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There aren’t much big differences, but 到底is only for oral speaking and 究竟 can be used in both writings and speaking Chinese
你到底還不還錢？
你究竟還不還錢？
( So are you actually going to return the money? )
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Both 到底 and 究竟 usually appear in oral (spoken) form in Cantonese. 到底 means "what on earth?" 究竟 means "why?"
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