居
然

Unexpectedly in Chinese: 居然 (jū rán)

jū rán

unexpectedly

HSK 3.0 Level 52 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1unexpectedly
  2. 2to one's surprise
  3. 3go so far as to

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居
然

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄩ

jū

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我居然忘记了今天有课！

    wǒ jū rán wàng jì le jīn tiān yǒu kè！

    I completely forgot that there was class today!

  • 我没想到今天居然会哭的。

    wǒ méi xiǎng dào jīn tiān jū rán huì kū de。

    I never expected I would end up crying today.

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Related words

当然

dāng rán

only natural

邻居

lín jū

neighbor

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

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