居然

Pinyin: jūrán

unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to

Example sentence

我居然忘记了今天有课!

Wǒ jūrán wàngjì le jīntiān yǒu kè!

I completely forgot that there was class today!

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What 居然 means

居然 (jūrán) is an Chinese word meaning “unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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