竟 jìng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 立 — to stand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
竟
jìng
unexpectedly; actually; surprisingly
Character
Example phrases
- 他竟在没有任何外部资金的情况下，把项目推进到了试产阶段。 Tā jìng zài méiyǒu rènhé wàibù zījīn de qíngkuàng xià, bǎ xiàngmù tuījìn dào le shìchǎn jiēduàn. He unexpectedly pushed the project to the trial-production stage without any external funding.
- 这么难的题，他竟一个人做出来了。 Zhème nán de tí, tā jìng yí gè rén zuò chūlái le. Such a hard problem, and he actually solved it by himself.
- 都十二点了，她竟还在看书。 Dōu shí'èr diǎn le, tā jìng hái zài kànshū. It's already twelve o'clock, and she is still reading, surprisingly.
Related words
- 竟然 jìngrán unexpectedly
- 究竟 jiūjìng after all; exactly
- 毕竟 bìjìng after all
- 绝 jué absolutely; to cut off; exhausted
- 擅自 shànzì without authorisation; on one's own initiative
- 兼 jiān to hold two or more roles; concurrently; also
- 任意 rènyì arbitrarily; at will; random
- 侥幸 jiǎoxìng lucky by chance; fluke
- 均 jūn all; equally; uniformly
- 莫非 mòfēi could it be that; is it possible that
- 皆 jiē all; every
- 尚且 shàngqiě even; still