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竟然 (jìng rán) – unexpectedly

jìng rán

unexpectedly

HSK 3.0 Level 42 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1unexpectedly
  2. 2to one's surprise
  3. 3in spite of everything
  4. 4in that crazy way
  5. 5actually
  6. 6to go as far as to

Example sentences

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

  • 他竟然叫你笨蛋。

    tā jìng rán jiào nǐ bèn dàn 。

    He unexpectedly called you stupid.

  • 他竟然还给我装傻。

    tā jìng rán hái gěi wǒ zhuāng shǎ 。

    Despite everything he is still playing dumb.

Related words

竟

jìng

unexpectedly

当然

dāng rán

only natural

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

究竟

jiū jìng

to go to the bottom of a matter

然而

rán ér

however

仍然

réng rán

still

自然

zì rán

nature

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