jū rán
居然 (jū rán) is a Chinese word meaning “unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to”.
Meanings
- 1unexpectedly
- 2to one's surprise
- 3go so far as to
- Part of speech
- adverb
Characters in 居然
Related words
然后then; after that; afterwards当然only natural虽然although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)突然sudden; abrupt; unexpected显然clearly; evidently; obviously仍然still; as before; yet既然since; as; this being the case不然not so自然nature邻居neighbor竟然unexpectedly然而however; but; yet