竟

jìng

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adverb Common

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Definitions

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

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 果然 guǒ rán 果然 guǒ rán really 表示预料之中: really

Related words

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• 没想到 méi xiǎng dào 没想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect 用来引出意外情况: didn't expect

Synonyms

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• 竟然 jìng rán 竟然 jìng rán unexpectedly 表示出乎意料: unexpectedly
• 居然 jū rán 居然 jū rán unexpectedly 表示出乎意料: unexpectedly

Usage notes

Collocations

常用于“竟 + 动词/形容词”结构，如“竟不知道”“竟如此美丽”。

Common mistakes

不要将“竟”与“竞（jìng，竞争）”混淆，两者读音相同但含义完全不同。

Example Sentences

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他 竟 忘了我的名字。

He actually forgot my name.

你 竟 敢這樣對長輩說話？！

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 469165)

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Words Containing 竟

• 毕竟 毕竟 bì jìng: after all
• 究竟 究竟 jiū jìng: to go to the bottom of a matter
• 竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn: to have the impertinence
• 竟然 竟然 jìng rán: unexpectedly
• 一探究竟 一探究竟 yī tàn jiū jìng: to check out
• 有志竟成 有志竟成 yǒu zhì jìng chéng: persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
• 有志者事竟成 有志者事竟成 yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng: a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
• 未竟 未竟 wèi jìng: unfinished
• 未竟之志 未竟之志 wèi jìng zhī zhì: unfulfilled ambition
• 竟日 竟日 jìng rì: (literary) all day long
• 竟陵 竟陵 jìng líng: Jingling, former name of Tianmen 天門|天门, Hubei