竟然, jìngrán
Meaning: unexpectedly, actually (to one's surprise)
HSK 4 word
Example
他竟然忘了我的生日。
Tā jìngrán wàng le wǒ de shēngrì.
He actually forgot my birthday.
More HSK 4 words
- 普通pǔtōngordinary, common
- 坏处huàichùharm, disadvantage
- 做梦zuòmèngto dream
- 少见shǎojiànrare, seldom seen
- 老是lǎoshìalways (often as a complaint)
- 仍réngstill, yet
- 想法xiǎngfǎidea, opinion
- 做法zuòfǎway of doing things, method
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