竟

jìng

“Unexpectedly” in Chinese is 竟 (jìng).

Other characters with the syllable jing: see all 22 →

Meaning

unexpectedly
actually
to go so far as to

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indeed

Example

真是无法相信，竟然发生了这样的事情

From 竟然 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Words containing 竟

竟然jìngránunexpectedlyHSK 4 究竟jiūjìngto go to the bottom of a matterHSK 4 毕竟bìjìngafter allHSK 5 竟敢jìnggǎnto have the impertinence; to have the cheek toHSK 7-9

More HSK 4 characters

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