jìng rán
竟然 (jìng rán) is a Chinese word meaning “unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything”.
Meanings
- 1unexpectedly
- 2to one's surprise
- 3in spite of everything
- 4in that crazy way
- 5actually
- 6to go as far as to
- Part of speech
- adverb
Characters in 竟然
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居然unexpectedly既然since; as; this being the case不然not so自然nature究竟to go to the bottom of a matter然而however; but; yet