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居然 jūrán

居然 jūrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 居然 jūrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jūrán | ju1 ran2
English translation
unexpectedly
to one's surprise
go so far as to

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Traditional form

居然 jūrán

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 居然 jūrán

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

户古

Number of Strokes

8
rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 居然 jūrán

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有点 yǒu diǎn 小题大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò le , zhè huó 居然 jūrán Huā 了她小时 xiǎoshí !

She made a meal of that jobit took her five hours!

huì , yòu xiǎng 法子 fǎ zi 往旁处岔, 花言巧 de 那么 nà me 一哄, jiù 居然 jūrán 把她 de 故事 gùshì 粗枝大叶 cū zhī dà yè de shuì le 一遍 yī biàn .

By and by I made another diversion, and beguiled her to sketch her story.

zài 身上 shēn shang le shí 便士 biàn shì , ér 居然 jūrán yíng le .

I staked ten pence upon a horse, and it won.

" zhēn shì yǒu 胆量 dǎn liàng de 姑娘 gūniang , " 托尼 shuì , " zhǐ 可惜 kěxī mìng tài le , qiáo 居然 jūrán 牺牲 xīshēng le .

'she's a spunky girl,' said Tony, " and it's rotten luck for her, Joe getting killed.

shì 懒鬼 lǎn guǐ , 居然 jūrán 悄悄地 liū zǒu ér 清除 qīngchú 工作 gōngzuò 留给 liú gěi 我们 wǒmen lái zuò .

He's a slacker, he actually skipped off and left us to do the clearing away.

居然 jūrán Decomposition

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居然 jūrán Compounds

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