# 究竟 (jiūjìng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 究竟 (jiūjìng) means “(adv.) after all; actually”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv.) after all; actually
- Pinyin: jiūjìng (jiu1 jing4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 你究竟想说什么呢？
  Nǐ jiūjìng xiǎng shuō shénme ne?
  What on earth do you want to say?

## Characters

- 究 (jiū): after all; to investigate
- [竟](https://hanziro.com/word/jing-unexpectedly/) (jìng): unexpectedly; actually

https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-jing-after-all/

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