竟 [jìng]

• 动词
  • （完毕） finish; complete:

    finish writing;

    竟书

    work completed;

    事竟

  • （彻底追究） investigate:

    investigate thoroughly the origin and development of an event; get to the bottom of sth.

    穷原竟委

• 形容词
  • （从头到尾; 全） whole; throughout:
  • （从头到尾; 全） whole; throughout:

    the whole night; throughout the night

    竟夜

• 副词
  • （终于） in the end; eventually:

    Where there's a will there's a way.

    有志者事竟成。

  • （表示出乎意料） unexpectedly; actually:

    I'm surprised that you didn't know of such an important event.

    这么大的事你竟会不知道?

    Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?

    这么陡的峭壁, 谁知他竟爬上去了。

  • （居然） go so far as to; go to the length of; have the impudence [effrontery] to:

    go so far as to tell a bare-faced lie

    竟当面撒谎

• 名词
  • （姓氏） a surname:
  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Jing Zhong

    竟仲