HSK 4 HSK V4
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竟然

/ jìngrán /
Strokes

Collocation

1
竟然赢了
2
竟然没来
3
竟然找到了
4
竟然答应了
5
竟然考了100分
6
竟然当面撒谎
7
竟然不同意

Definition

竟然 is an Adverb, which means [ unexpectedly/to one's surprise/in spite of everything/in that crazy way/actually/to go as far as to ].

Example

As an Adverb
1
jìngrán
竟然
lián
kǎoshì
考试
méi
cānjiā
参加
jiù
huíguó
回国
le
  

He didn't even take the exam and went back to China.

2
Shàng
上午
tiān
天气
hái
hǎohǎo
好好
de
  
,
liào
不料
xià
下午
jìngrán
竟然
xià
le
大雨
  

The weather was fine in the morning, but unexpectedly it rained heavily in the afternoon.

3
xiǎng
zhè
这次
sài
比赛
men
我们
hái
de
shū
  
,
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
  
,
men
我们
jìngrán
竟然
yíng
le
  

I think we still have to lose this game, but I didn't expect that we would win.

4
jìngrán
竟然
dāngzhāo
当着
jiā
大家
de
miàn
huǎng
撒谎
  

He actually lied to everyone.

5
jìngrán
竟然
sònggěi
送给
de
礼物
rēng
le
  

She threw away the gift I had given her.

6
jìngrán
竟然
zài
shàngbān
上班
de
shíjiān
时间
shuìjiào
睡觉
  

He actually slept during work hours.

7
píngshí
平时
shi
hěn
努力
  
,
zhè
这次
kǎoshì
考试
jìngrán
竟然
le
得了
100
100
fēn
  

He usually didn't work very hard, and he scored 100 points in this exam.

8
Zuótiān
昨天
wǎnshang
晚上
me
那么
de
léi
  
,
xià
me
那么
de
  
,
jìngrán
竟然
méiyǒu
没有
tīngjiàn
听见
  

Last night there was so much thunder and so much rain that you didn't hear it.