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究竟 (jiū jìng) – to go to the bottom of a matter

jiū jìng

to go to the bottom of a matter

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to go to the bottom of a matter
  2. 2after all
  3. 3when all is said and done
  4. 4(in an interrogative sentence) finally
  5. 5outcome
  6. 6result

Example sentences

See 究竟 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 究竟谁要负责？

    jiū jìng shuí yào fù zé ？

    Who exactly is responsible?

  • 汤姆究竟在做什么？

    tāng mǔ jiū jìng zài zuò shén me ？

    What exactly does Tom do?

Related words

竟

jìng

unexpectedly

竟然

jìng rán

unexpectedly

毕竟

bì jìng

after all

讲究

jiǎng jiu

to pay particular attention to

研究

yán jiū

research

追究

zhuī jiū

to investigate

竟敢

jìng gǎn

to have the impertinence

终究

zhōng jiū

in the end

研究生

yán jiū shēng

graduate student

研究所

yán jiū suǒ

research institute

Appears in

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