竟然 jìngrán

HSK level

Traditional form

竟然 jìngrán

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

竟 jìng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear.

Positional decomposition

⿱音儿

Number of Strokes

然 rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 huǒ represents the meaning and 肰 rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as 燃 rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

肰 rán

Semantic compound

灬 huǒ

Positional decomposition

⿱肰灬

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 太 tài 渴 kě 了 le ,竟然 jìngrán 喝 hē 了 le 一 yī 公升 gōng shēng 的 de 冰 bīng 茶 chá .

I was so thirsty that I drank a liter of iced tea.

你 nǐ 真 zhēn 淘气 táoqì ,竟然 jìngrán 拉 lā 猫 māo 尾巴 wěiba .

It is naughty of you to pull the cat's tail.

那 Nā 位女演员 yǎnyuán 心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān 竟然 jìngrán 忘 wàng 了 le 台词 tái cí .

The actress was so absent - minded that she fluffed her lines.

像 xiàng 那样 nà yàng 的 de 事情 shìqing 她 tā 竟然 jìngrán 会 huì 搞 gǎo 错 Cuò ?

How could she have been mistaken about a thing like that?

他 tā 竟然 jìngrán 厚着脸皮 liǎn pí 要求 yāoqiú 增加 zēngjiā 薪水 xīnshuǐ .

He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 竟然 jìngrán and their own compounds.

竟 jìng

立 Lì

然 rán

肬 yóu

尤 Yóu

丶 diǎn , 尢 yóu

月 yuè

灬 huǒ

See all 17 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 竟然 jìngrán in their composition.

竟 jìng

镜 jìng , 境 jìng , 獍 jìng , 傹, 摬, 樈, 滰, 璄, 竸, 糡, 鏡 jìng

然 rán

燃 rán , 撚 niǎn , 嘫 rán , 橪, 繎, 蹨

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