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究竟

究竟

Chinese

		after all; to investigate; to study carefully	unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
simp. and trad. (究竟)		究	竟

Noun

究竟

result; outcome; the whole story

Adverb

究竟

after all; in the end
actually; exactly

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiūjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau³ ging²
Min Nan (POJ): kiù-kèng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiūjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jioujinq
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau³ ging²
  - Yale: gau gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau³ ging²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³³ kɪŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiù-kèng
  - Tâi-lô: kiù-kìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiuo'kexng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ²¹/