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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

竟 [jìng]
  1. 1. verb finish
    未竟之业
    unfinished task
  2. 2. adverb [终于] in the end
    有志者事竟成。
    Where there's a will there's a way.
  3. 3. adverb [竟然] actually
    谁也没想到，他竟发这么大的火。
    Who would have thought he would actually get this angry.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

竟 [jìng]
  1. 1. verb finish; complete
    未竟之业
    unaccomplished cause; unfinished task
  2. 2. adjective throughout; whole
    竟夜
    the whole night; throughout the night
  3. 3. adverb [Literary] in the end; eventually
    有志者事竟成
    where there's a will there's a way
  4. 4. adverb unexpectedly; actually
    这么陡的峭壁，谁知他竟爬上去了。
    Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?
  5. 5. adverb go so far as to; go to the length of; have the impudence (or effrontery) to

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

竟 [jìng]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 结束；完毕
    未竟之志。
  2. 2. 副 终究；到底
    有志者事竟成。
  3. 3. 形 自始至终；整个
    竟日
    竟夜。
  4. 4. 动 彻底追究
    穷原竟委。
  5. 5. 副 表示出乎意料，相当于"居然"
    他竟敢公开否认事实
    没想到进展竟如此顺利。
  6. 6. 跟"竞"不同。
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Examples

早上天气还好好的，不料下午竟下起雹子来了。
It was so fine this morning. Who would have thought it would hail in the afternoon!
我没想到这句话竟冲撞了他。
I didn't expect him to take offence at that remark.
他真大意，竟把她的地址给丢了。
He was so careless that he lost her address.
这样珍贵的资料竟被废置在一边，真是太可惜了。
It's a great pity such precious documents should be cast aside as useless.
竟告阙如
be found wanting
他竟连点人味儿都没有。
There's really nothing human about him.
所谓和战问题竟闹得甚嚣尘上。
A great clamor arose around the question of peace or war.
我只是开个玩笑，谁知她竟当真了。
I was only joking, who would have thought she would take it seriously.
想不到我和儿时好友竟在异国他乡相逢。
I never thought I would meet my childhood companion in a foreign land.
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Character Decomposition

音
[yīn]		 + 儿
[ér]

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