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究竟

jiūjìng
adverbHSK 4

“To go to the bottom of a matter” in Chinese is 究竟 (jiūjìng).

Meaning

  • to go to the bottom of a matter
  • after all
  • when all is said and done
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  • (in an interrogative sentence) finally
  • outcome
  • result

Example

究竟谁要负责?

Who exactly is responsible?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 酒精 (jiǔjīng, (coll.) ethanol; ethyl alcohol)