詎
jù

interjection used to express surprise

Senses

讵/ 詎 jù how

(literary) used to form a rhetorical question, similar to 岂 qǐ or "how could"

讵/ 詎 jù unexpectedly

(literary) unexpectedly or to one's surprise; often used in the patterns 讵料 jù​liào or 讵知 jù​zhī to mean "who would have thought"

讵/ 詎 jù if

(literary) a marker used to express a condition, meaning "if" or "supposing"

讵/ 詎 jù once

(literary) ever; once (similar to 曾 céng)

References

synonym 讵/詎 → 岂/豈
synonym 讵/詎 → 曾/曾
same_as 巨/巨 → 讵/詎
same_as 钜/鉅 → 讵/詎