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  • adv.unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to

    • zhè yàng hóng wěi de jiàn zhù jìng rán zhǐ yòng le shí gè yuè de shí jiān jiù wán chéng le

      这样宏伟建筑竟然时间完成

      Such a magnificent building was completed just within 10 months!

    • tā jìng rán dā ying le

      竟然答应

      He actually promised.

    • tā zài nà cì kōng nàn zhōng jìng rán dà nàn bù sǐ

      空难竟然大难不死

      To everyone's surprise, he survived that terrible air crash.

    • jìng rán dà dǎ chū shǒu

      竟然大打出手

      go so far as to get into a fist fight

    • tā jìng rán bù qǐng zì lái

      竟然不请自来

      She even went so far as to invite herself.

    • zhè me jiǎn dān de wèn tí tā jìng rán méi huí dá shàng lai

      这么简单问题竟然回答上来

      The question was so simple, and yet he couldn't answer it.

    • tā shuō zhè huà shí jìng rán wán quán bù dòng shēng sè

      竟然完全不动声色

      She said this with a completely straight face.

Word usage

  • Note
    "竟然" is different from "居然". "竟然" is often used after the subject, and it means "it shouldn't be like this", with a stronger meaning, mostly used in written language; "居然" can be used in front of the subject, and it often means that something that should not or cannot happen has become a fact. Commonly uesd in spoken and written language.

Chinese words with pinyin jing ran