究竟 jiūjìng▶ exactamente

Stroke order

究竟 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 究 — 7 strokes
• 竟 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. to go to the bottom of a matter
2. after all
3. when all is said and done
4. (in an interrogative sentence) finally
5. outcome
6. result

Example sentences

• 你究竟想说什么？Nǐ jiūjìng xiǎng shuō shénme?What exactly do you want to say?
• 这究竟是怎么回事？Zhè jiūjìng shì zěnme huí shì?What exactly is going on here?

Related words

• 研究investigación
• 竟然Inesperadamente
• 毕竟después de todo
• 讲究Prestar atención a; delicadamente
• 终究después de todo
• 追究Investigar

究竟 is pronounced jiūjìng and means “exactamente”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 究竟 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.