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竟
jìng
1. unexpectedly
2. actually
3. to go so far as to
4. indeed
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

竟
jìng
finally, after all, at last; indeed; unexpected
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (9)

未竟
wèijìng
unfinished
毕竟
bìjìng
after all
HSK 5
究竟
jiūjìng
after all (when all is said and done)
HSK 4
竟敢
jìnggǎn
to have the impertinence
竟然
jìngrán
unexpectedly
HSK 4
竟陵
Jìnglíng
Jingling, former name of Tianmen [[天門|天门]], Hubei
有志竟成
yǒuzhìjìngchéng
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
未竟之志
wèijìngzhīzhì
unfulfilled ambition
有志者事竟成
yǒuzhìzhěshìjìngchéng
a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
705
Word Frequency Rank
2,634 of 84,292

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