竟

The character "竟" has 11 strokes. "竟" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "竟" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "竟" are "jìng" . View the stroke order of "竟">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "竟"

v.: finish; complete; make a thorough investigation/enquiry (into sth)

adv.: in the end; eventually; unexpectedly; surprisingly

adj.: throughout; whole

• finish : v.结束；完成；对（材料；物件或地方）作最后加工；吃光；喝光；用光；不再需要；终结
• complete : adj.齐全的；完备的；完全的；完整的；极度的；绝对的；彻底的；十足的；全然的；完成的
• in the end : 最后, 终于
• eventually : adv.最终；终于
• unexpectedly : adv.意外地；未料到地；出乎意料地
• surprisingly : adv.惊人地；出人意外地
• throughout : prep.&adv.贯穿；遍及；到处；自始至终
• whole : adj.全部的；全体的；所有的；完整的；完全的；整个的；未经分割的；完好无损的；整块的；健康的

Form words with "竟"

Example phrases using "竟"

• 不料走错一步，竟落到这般天地。

  An erroneous move has reduced one to this deplorable state.

• 在光天化日之下竟发生绑架事件。

  The abduction/kidnap took place in broad daylight.

• 为达目的，他竟至以武力相威胁。

  To achieve his end, he went so far as to threaten to use force.

• 她一时悔恨竟上吊自杀了。

  She hanged herself in a fit of remorse.

• 太棒了！刚刚发现我的自拍竟有100人点赞呢。

  Cool! Just noticed more than 100 people like my selfie.

• 理查德竟将他的女友抢走，太糟了。

  It was bad enough that Richard should have annexed his girlfriend.

• 令人惊异的是格雷厄姆以前竟不明白。

  It was amazing that Graham hadn't twigged before.

• 他喝了过多酒竟至昏迷不醒。

  He consumed enough alcohol to make him pass out.

• 荒唐可笑的是，我竟想哭。

  [sentence adverb]ridiculously, I felt like crying.

• 真怪，她竟没认出我来。

  [with clause]it's odd that she didn't recognize me.