One's surprise in Chinese
to one's surprise · HSK 4
竟然
- 竟 unexpectedly
- 然 right
Other ways to say one's surprise
More words with 竟 or 然
How do you say one's surprise in Chinese?
One's surprise in Chinese is 竟然 (jìng rán). You can also say 居然 (jū rán), 不料 (bù liào).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.