竟然間

Chinese

		unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly; finally	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (竟然間)		竟然	間
simp. (竟然间)		竟然	间

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² jin⁴ gaan¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² jin⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: gíng yìhn gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² jin⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² yin⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ jiːn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Adverb

竟然間

1. (Cantonese) unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly
   • 1965, 李晨風, 李兆熊, directed by 李晨風, 《八個兇手》 [Eight Murderers]‎^[1], 容小意 [Siu-Yi Yung] (actor):

     佢為咗高攀佢，佢又慌住我哋兩母女會影響佢個婚事，佢竟然間買咗個兇手嚟殺我哋滅口𠻹。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢为咗高攀佢，佢又慌住我哋两母女会影响佢个婚事，佢竟然间买咗个凶手嚟杀我哋灭口𠻹。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     keoi⁵ wai⁶ zo² gou¹ paan¹ keoi⁵, keoi⁵ jau⁶ fong¹ zyu⁶ ngo⁵ dei⁶ loeng⁵ mou⁵ neoi^5-2 wui⁵ jing² hoeng² keoi⁵ go³ fan¹ si⁶, keoi⁵ ging² jin⁴ gaan¹ maai⁵ zo² go³ hung¹ sau² lai⁴ saat³ ngo⁵ dei⁶ mit⁶ hau² tim¹. [Jyutping]

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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 居然 (“unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		居然, 竟然, 竟
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	居然, 竟然
	Singapore	竟然
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	敢, 硬敢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	居然
Cantonese	Guangzhou	竟然
	Hong Kong	竟然, 居然, 竟然間
Southern Min	Xiamen	煞, 竟然
	Quanzhou	煞, 竟然
	Zhangzhou	煞, 竟然
	Tainan	煞, 竟然
Wu	Shanghai	居然, 竟然, 竟, 先勿先