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  • 1

    n.outcome; what actually happened; truth

    • zhè jiàn shì yī zhí nòng bù chū gè jiū jìng lái

      一直究竟

      This matter has been unable to figure out the truth.

    • guān yú cǐ shì nǐ yī dìng yào gěi wǒ jiǎng gè jiū jìng

      关于此事一定究竟

      As to this matter, you must tell me the very whole story.

    • wǒ men dōu xiǎng zhī dào gè jiū jìng

      我们知道究竟

      We all want to know what actually happened.

  • 2

    adv.exactly; (used in questions to press for an exact answer) actually; on earth

    • wèn tí jiū jìng zài nǎ lǐ

      问题究竟哪里

      where is the problem exactly?

    • wǒ jiū jìng gāi zěn me bàn ne

      究竟怎么

      What on earth should I do?

    • nǐ zuì hòu nà jù huà jiū jìng shì shén me yì si

      最后究竟什么意思

      What exactly did you mean by that last remark?

  • 3

    adv.after all; anyway; in the end

    • tā jiū jìng jīng yàn fēng fù shuō de huà hěn yǒu dào lǐ

      究竟经验丰富有道理

      After all, he is very experienced, and there is a lot of sense in what he says.

    • tā jiū jìng hái shi hái zi

      究竟还是孩子

      After all, he's still a child.

    • tā jiū jìng shì shēng shǒu

      究竟生手

      After all, he is new to the job.

Word usage

  • Note
    "究竟" is different from "毕竟". "究竟" can be used in interrogatives and has noun usage; "毕竟" cannot be used in interrogative sentences and has no noun usage.