"Doesn't he want ice water?"

Translation: 他不要冰水吗？

[Aleister_Al]

Why does 他要不要冰水？wrong? This is also standart form...

[thearseniogut]

This doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't the answer be "她要冰水吗？" since Chinese doesn't really have a parallel to these kinds of conditional statements in English?

[shlomiabr]

I follow your mindset, but I think an 'ordinary' question would be "does he want iced water?".
When you start with "don't", it usually implies you have pre-existing knowledge that the person refused the water.
Hope it helps.

[Thunder_117]

他, but yes. I algree. 也 doesn't make sense here.

[gabriel43152]

他要不要冰水

[aXJTtzQ1]

"Doesn't he want ice water?" implies that he would want ice water or that you can't believe that he would not want ice water. I suggest "Does he not want ice water?". It doesn't sound as natural in English, but it implies that you are confirming that he indeed does not want ice water.