居然
Meaning
jūrán ju1 ran2
- unexpectedly
- to one's surprise
- go so far as to
Example sentences
- I never expected I would end up crying today.
- I still can't believe I did it.
Words sharing a character
- 居民 jūmín resident; inhabitant
- 邻居 línjū neighbor
- 居住 jūzhù to reside
- 定居 dìngjū to settle (in some city, country etc)
- 居高临下 jūgāolínxià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)
- 居民楼 jūmínlóu apartment building
- 安居乐业 ānjūlèyè to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
- 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)