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竟然jìngránunexpectedly; of all things

Theme
Adverbs
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
23
Characters
2

How 竟然 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

竟 — 11 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
然 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

他竟然没有来。

Tā jìngrán méiyǒu lái.

He did not come, of all things.

  • 他tāhe
  • 竟然jìngránunexpectedly; of all things
  • 没有méiyǒuto not have
  • 来láito come

这么难的题，她竟然做对了。

Zhème nán de tí, tā jìngrán zuò duì le.

Such a hard problem, and she got it right.

  • 这么zhèmeso; this
  • 难nándifficult
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 题tíquestion; problem
  • 她tāshe
  • 竟然jìngránunexpectedly; of all things
  • 做zuòto do; to make
  • 对duìcorrect; towards
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.