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究竟

究竟 in English: to go to the bottom of a matter; after all

jiū jìng

to go to the bottom of a matter; after all

HSK 42 syllablestones: 1 + 4

How to pronounce 究竟

jiū jìng (without tone marks: jiu jing). jiū is a first (high, level) tone; jìng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.

Characters in 究竟

究 jiū
after all; to investigate; to study carefully
竟 jìng
unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to

Related words

研究yán jiūresearch; a studyHSK 4
竟然jìng ránunexpectedly; to one's surpriseHSK 4
讲究jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to; carefully selected for qualityHSK 5
毕竟bì jìngafter all; all in allHSK 5
终究zhōng jiūin the end; after all is said and doneHSK 6
追究zhuī jiūto investigate; to look intoHSK 6