究竟

jiù jìng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Adverb

Definition

  1. to go to the bottom of a matter
  2. after all
  3. when all is said and done
  4. (in an interrogative sentence) finally
  5. outcome
  6. result

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Example

這件事究竟是怎麼回事?

What on earth happened with this?

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).