(jū rán) - unexpectedly, surprisingly in Mandarin
jūránTraditional: 居然
Translation
unexpectedly, surprisingly
Word origin
居然 means unexpectedly or surprisingly. 居 (jū) means to dwell, with the 尸 'body/seated figure' radical over 古 (gǔ, phonetic). 然 (rán) is a suffix forming adverbs, originally meaning to burn (now usually written 燃 for that sense).
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 居 (jū, to dwell) + 然 (rán, adverbial suffix)
Stroke order
居
然
Examples
。
He actually forgot my birthday.
！
How dare you say such a thing!
。
Surprisingly, she won the match.
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She actually went on her own.
居然 (jū rán) means unexpectedly or surprisingly.
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