Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

竟然

jìngrán

ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄢˊ

  1. 1unexpectedly
  2. 2to one's surprise
  3. 3in spite of everything
  4. 4in that crazy way
  5. 5actually
  6. 6to go as far as to
Example

他竟然叫你笨蛋。

tā jìngrán jiào nǐ bèndàn

He unexpectedly called you stupid.

Keep 竟然 and it comes back until you know it.

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