你可知是何人在唱
“Do you know who's singing?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
见过九娘子
“Greetings, Miss Qin.”
你可知 是何人 在唱
“Do you know who's singing?”
不知道
“I don't know.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Historical dramas in Chinese frequently replace common modern interrogatives like '你知道' and '谁' with classical monosyllabic markers like '可知' and '何人' to establish an elevated, historical atmosphere.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do you know
A classic, slightly archaic phrasing used instead of the modern '你知道吗', common in period dramas.
who / which person
A formal, classical equivalent of the spoken '谁', often used in literature and period scripts.