竟然
Pinyin: jìngrán
unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way
Example sentence
很奇怪肯竟然没有同意我们。
Hěn qíguài kěn jìngrán méiyǒu tóngyì wǒmen.
It's strange that Ken doesn't agree with us.
What 竟然 means
竟然 (jìngrán) is an Chinese word meaning “unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.
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HSK 4
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interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
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办事
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