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竟 meaning in English

jìng

unexpectedly; actually

HSK 7-9adverb11 strokes

Meaning of 竟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jìng
  1. unexpectedly
  2. actually
  3. to go so far as to
  4. indeed

竟 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā竟jìng敢gǎn说shuō出chū来lái。
She had the nerve to speak out.
有yǒu志zhì者zhě事shì竟jìng成chéng。
Where there's a will, there's a way.
你nǐ竟jìng敢gǎn这zhè样yàng和hé我wǒ说shuō话huà？
How dare you speak like that to me?
我wǒ很hěn惊jīng讶yà你nǐ们men竟jìng然rán那nà么me天tiān真zhēn。
I'm surprised that you're so naïve.
他tā竟jìng然rán还huán给gěi我wǒ装zhuāng傻shǎ。
Despite everything he is still playing dumb.

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竟 jìng · unexpectedly · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 竟.

究竟jiūjìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all
竟然jìngránunexpectedly; to one's surprise
毕竟bìjìngafter all; all in all
竟敢jìnggǎnto have the impertinence; to have the cheek to

Questions about 竟

What does 竟 mean?

竟 (jìng) means "unexpectedly; actually" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 竟?

竟 is made of 1 character: 竟 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 竟 an HSK word?

Yes. 竟 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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