竟
jìng
Pinyin

Definition

竟
 - 
jìng
  1. unexpectedly
  2. actually
  3. to go so far as to
  4. indeed

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

境
jìng
  1. 1 border
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 condition
  4. 4 boundary
  5. 5 circumstances
  6. 6 territory
镜
jìng
  1. 1 mirror
  2. 2 lens
镜
jìng
  1. 1 mirror
  2. 2 lens
獍
jìng
  1. 1 a mythical animal that eats its mother

Related Words (7)

竟然
jìng rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 in spite of everything
  4. 4 in that crazy way
  5. 5 actually
  6. 6 to go as far as to
毕竟
bì jìng
  1. 1 after all
  2. 2 all in all
  3. 3 when all is said and done
  4. 4 in the final analysis
究竟
jiū jìng
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of a matter
  2. 2 after all
  3. 3 when all is said and done
  4. 4 (in an interrogative sentence) finally
  5. 5 outcome
  6. 6 result
竟
jìng
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 actually
  3. 3 to go so far as to
  4. 4 indeed
一探究竟
yī tàn jiū jìng
  1. 1 to check out
  2. 2 to investigate

Idioms (2)

有志竟成
yǒu zhì jìng chéng
  1. 1 persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
有志者事竟成
yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
  1. 1 a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

Sample Sentences

水星的大气层究竟有多稀薄呢？它只有地球大气层密度的百分之十二。
Shuǐxīng de dàqìcéng jiūjìng yǒu duō xībó ne ？tā zhǐ yǒu dìqiú dàqìcéng mìdù de bǎifēnzhī shíèr 。
How thin the layer of atmosphere is on Mercury? It is 12% of the atmosphere density on Earth.
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究竟剧情会怎么发展呢？敬请期待。记得点击追踪，开启小铃铛，我们下一期再见。
jiūjìng jùqíng huì zěnme fāzhǎn ne ？jìngqǐng qīdài 。jìde diǎnjī zhuīzōng ，kāiqǐ xiǎo língdang ，wǒmen xià yī qī zàijiàn 。
How exactly will the plot develop? Stay tuned. Remember to hit subscribe, and turn on the little bell (for notification). We will see you in the next episode.
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毕竟相爱一场，不要谁心里带着伤。
bìjìng xiāngài yīchǎng ，bùyào shéi xīnli dài zhe shāng 。
After all, we have loved. May none of us carry any scars.
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秦宇走到旁边的窗户，往里看，想看个究竟。这一看，让他愣了半天都无法缓过来。
QínYǔ zǒu dào pángbiān de chuānghu ，wǎng lǐ kàn ，xiǎng kàn ge jiūjìng 。zhè yī kàn ，ràng tā lèng le bàntiān dōu wúfǎ huǎn guòlái 。
QinYu then walked to the window on the side and looked into it. He wanted to figure out what actually happened. He was taken aback by what he saw and he didn't recover from the shock until a long time had passed.
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她自己的案子失败，竟敢让我背黑锅。
tā zìjǐ de ànzi shībài ，jìnggǎn ràng wǒ bēihēiguō 。
Her case failed, and she had the audacity to make me take the responsibility for it.
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你竟敢打小报告！要是主管发现了，之后给你放冷箭怎么办？
nǐ jìnggǎn dǎxiǎobàogào ！yàoshi zhǔguǎn fāxiàn le ，zhīhòu gěi nǐ fànglěngjiàn zěnmebàn ？
How could you snitch on the manager! What happens if he finds out and then stabs your back afterwards?
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我同事今天太老实了，竟然在老板面前直接说他的不是。
wǒ tóngshì jīntiān tài lǎoshi le ，jìngrán zài lǎobǎn miànqián zhíjiē shuō tā de búshi 。
My colleague is too naïve; he corrects our boss directly in front of him.
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秦宇心想，”才说只要她再出现我就约她，隔天竟然就出现了。”
Qínyǔ xīnxiǎng ，”cái shuō zhǐyào tā zài chūxiàn wǒ jiù yuē tā ，gétiān jìngrán jiù chūxiàn le 。”
Qinyu thought to himself, "I was just saying if she appears again, I'll ask her on a date. She then appeared the next day. "
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相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人，交游广阔，特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次，在宴席上，乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时，看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动，这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓，但碍于面子，不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后，老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去，越想越难受，竟然因此病倒了！
xiāngchuán yī qiān duō nián qián zài Zhōngguó Jìncháo yǒu wèi jiàozuò YuèGuǎng de rén ，jiāoyóu guǎngkuò ，tèbié xǐhuan yànqǐng péngyou dào jiā zhōng hējiǔ liáotiān 。yǒu yīcì ，zài yànxí shàng ，YuèGuǎng de yī wèi péngyou zài jìngjiǔ shí ，kànjiàn bēizi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zài jiǔ lǐ rúdòng ，zhè wèi péngyou suīrán bǎoshòu jīngxià ，dàn àiyú miànzi ，bùdébù miǎnqiǎng jiāng jiǔ yīyǐnérjìn 。huíjiā zhīhòu ，lǎo juéde zìjǐ dùzi lǐ yǒu tiáo xiǎo shé zuàn lái zuàn qù ，Yuè xiǎng Yuè nánshòu ，jìngrán yīncǐ bìngdǎo le ！
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!
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新案子不都是你唱主角吗？她竟敢招惹你这大红人？
Xīn ànzi bù dōu shì nǐ chàngzhǔjué ma ？tā jìnggǎn zhāorě nǐ zhè dàhóngrén ？
Don't you play a big role in all the new cases? How dare she provoke you, the big shot?
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