竟然
Meaning
jìngrán jing4 ran2
- unexpectedly
- to one's surprise
- in spite of everything
- in that crazy way
- actually
- to go as far as to
Example sentences
Words sharing a character
- 究竟 jiūjìng to go to the bottom of a matter
- 毕竟 bìjìng after all
- 竟敢 jìnggǎn to have the impertinence
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that; afterwards
- 当然 dāngrán only natural
- 虽然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)
- 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 自然 zìrán nature
- 仍然 réngrán still; as before; yet
- 居然 jūrán unexpectedly