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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 究竟

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
究竟 jiū jìng - to go to the bottom of a matter
- after all
- when all is said and done
- (in an interrogative sentence) finally
- outcome
- result

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
4 4 1,282 2,344 2,540

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
究 jiū- after all
- to investigate
- to study carefully
- Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
竟 jìng- unexpectedly
- actually
- to go so far as to
- indeed

Other Words Containing 究竟

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
究竟 4 4 1,282 2,344 2,540