究竟 jiūjìng after all
after all; when all is said and done; actually
怎么记住“究竟”: 究 investigate + 竟 finally = after all.
汉字
用法
- 'Actually / on earth / exactly' - sharpens a question demanding the real answer - 你究竟想说什么？ (nǐ jiūjìng xiǎng shuō shénme?) what exactly are you trying to say?
- Similar to 到底 (dàodǐ) but a touch more formal/written. It presses for the truth behind confusion.
- Also a noun 'the outcome/what really happened': 想知道个究竟 (xiǎng zhīdào ge jiūjìng) want to get to the bottom of it.
例句
- 究竟谁要负责？ Jiūjìng shuí yào fùzé?Who exactly is responsible?
- 汤姆究竟在做什么？ Tāngmǔ jiūjìng zài zuò shénme?What exactly does Tom do?
- 究竟怎么做，心里应该先有个大谱儿。 Jiūjìng zěnme zuò, xīnli yīnggāi xiān yǒu ge dà pǔr.Before you start anything, you ought to have a general idea of what you’re going to do.