竟然 (jìng rán): meaning and stroke order
竟然 (jìng rán) means unexpectedly, to one's surprise, in spite of everything, in that crazy way, actually.
竟然
- Simplified
- 竟然
- Traditional
- 竟然 (same form)
- Pinyin
- jìng rán
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Stroke order of 竟然
竟
- jìng unexpectedly; actually
- 11 strokes
Stroke by stroke
然
- rán correct; right
- 12 strokes
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Meaning of 竟然
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jìng rán
- unexpectedly
- to one's surprise
- in spite of everything
- in that crazy way
- actually
- to go as far as to
Radicals of the characters
- 竟
- Radical 音 (Kangxi radical 180) · 11 strokes · 音 on top, 儿 below
- 然
- Radical 火 (Kangxi radical 86) · 12 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
竟然 in our stories
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没想到，这个城里来的老师投篮竟然比他们都准，孩子们一下子围了过来。
méi xiǎngdào zhè gè chéngli lái de lǎoshī tóulán jìngrán bǐ tāmen dōu zhǔn háizimen yíxiàzi wéi le guòlai
To their surprise, this teacher from the city was a better shot than all of them, and the children instantly crowded round.
From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5
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一个星期后，纸上写满了字，最多的竟然不是工具，而是“周末谁能帮我遛狗”。
yí gè xīngqī hòu zhǐ shàng xiě mǎn le zì zuì duō de jìngrán bú shì gōngjù érshì zhōumò shéi néng bāng wǒ liù gǒu
A week later the sheets were full, and the most common request wasn't for tools at all, but "Who can walk my dog at the weekend?"
From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5
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共工又羞又怒，竟然一头撞向了不周山。
Gònggōng yòu xiū yòu nù jìngrán yì tóu zhuàng xiàng le Bùzhōu Shān
Humiliated and furious, Gonggong rammed his head into Mount Buzhou.
From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Stories using 竟然
- English on the basketball court HSK 5
- Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).