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究竟

Mandarin · pinyin jiū jìng

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究: jiū · examine, investigate
竟: jìng · finally, after all, at last

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1–4 · jiu1 jing4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau3 ging2

Cantonese word readings for 究竟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(literary) to go to the bottom of (a matter); to probe to the bottom
(literary) to finish; to be completed
(literary) to look into; to ascertain; to inquire into

noun

result; outcome; ending; the whole story
(Buddhism) niṣṭhā; ultimate end; culmination

adv

after all; in the end; all in all
actually; exactly; are or are not

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