竟然
Meaning
jìngrán jing4 ran2
- unexpectedly
- to one's surprise
- in spite of everything
- in that crazy way
- actually
- to go as far as to
Example sentences
- I'm surprised that you're so naïve.
- It's strange that Ken doesn't agree with us.
- The queue for buying tickets was unbelievably long.
- I ask you, he's been cheating me!
Words sharing a character
- 究竟jiūjìngto go to the bottom of a matter
- 毕竟bìjìngafter all
- 竟敢jìnggǎnto have the impertinence
- 然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
- 当然dāngránonly natural
- 虽然suīránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)
- 突然tūránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
- 自然zìránnature
- 仍然réngránstill; as before; yet
- 居然jūránunexpectedly