竟然 jìngrán HSK4 unexpectedly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 竟 jìng adverb unexpectedly unexpectedly; to one's surprise; actually; to go so far as to然 rán adverbadjective [state] Used as a suffix after an adjective or adverb to describe a state or manner, similar to the English suffix "-ly".