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竟

jìng

HSK 4 Character

What 竟 means

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

Example sentences

• 你毕竟是对的。
  Nǐ bìjìng shì duì de.
  After all, you're right.
• 她竟敢说出来。
  Tā jìnggǎn shuōchū lái.
  She had the nerve to speak out.
• 有志者事竟成。
  Yǒu zhìzhě shì jìng chéng.
  Where there is a will, there is a way.
• 究竟谁要负责？
  Who exactly is responsible?
• 他竟然叫你笨蛋。
  He unexpectedly called you stupid.
• 汤姆究竟在做什么？
  Tāngmǔ jiūjìng zài zuò shénme?
  What exactly does Tom do?

Words starting with 竟

• 竟然jìng ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything
• 竟敢jìng gǎnto have the impertinence; to have the cheek to
• 竟日jìng rì(literary) all day long
• 竟陵Jìng língJingling, former name of Tianmen 天门, Hubei

Words containing 竟

• 究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done
• 毕竟bì jìngafter all; all in all; when all is said and done
• 未竟wèi jìngunfinished; incomplete
• 有志竟成yǒu zhì jìng chéngpersevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
• 未竟之志wèi jìng zhī zhìunfulfilled ambition
• 有志者事竟成yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chénga really determined person will find a solution (idiom)…
• 一探究竟yī tàn jiū jìngto check out; to investigate

Characters that look like 竟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 童tóngchild
• 章zhāngchapter; section; clause
• 竞jìngto compete; to contend; to struggle
• 董dǒngto supervise; to direct; director
• 瓷cíchinaware; porcelain; china

Sounds the same

Read jìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 境border; place; condition
• 静still; calm; quiet
• 净clean; completely; only
• 竞to compete; to contend; to struggle
• 镜mirror; lens
• 敬(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
• 径footpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 靓to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) beautiful
• 靖(bound form) peaceful; (bound form) to pacify; to suppress
• 婧(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented
• 劲stalwart; sturdy; strong
• 迳used in personal names and place names