"居然" meaning in Chinese

See 居然 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ku⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /kɯ³³ liɛn²⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /ki⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /kɯ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ zø²¹/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/, /kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/, /kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/, /ku⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/, /kɯ³³ liɛn²⁴/, /ki⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/, /kɯ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ zø²¹/ Chinese transliterations: jūrán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄐㄩ ㄖㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], geoi¹ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], geoi¹ jin⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ku-liân [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], kir-liân [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ki-jiân [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ge¹ riang⁵ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ¹ciu-zoe, jūrán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄐㄩ ㄖㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], jyurán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chü¹-jan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], jyū-rán [Mandarin, Yale, standard], jiuran [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], цзюйжань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], czjujžanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gēui yìhn [Cantonese, Yale], gēui yín [Cantonese, Yale], goey¹ jin⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], goey¹ jin⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Pinyin], gêu¹ yin⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], gêu¹ yin⁴⁻² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ku-liân [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], kulieen [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], kir-liân [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], ki-jiân [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], kijieen [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], kṳ jiâng [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ¹ciu-zoe [Northern, Wu], ciu^平 zoe [Northern, Wu], ¹jy-zoe [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 居然
  1. unexpectedly; to one's surprise; surprisingly
    Sense id: en-居然-zh-adv-Kg6NwDcF Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (literary) obviously; apparently Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-居然-zh-adv-wdTLTcO- Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 居然 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 竟然 [formal, Standard-Chinese], [formal, Standard-Chinese], 居然 [Taiwan], 竟然 [Taiwan], 竟然 [Singapore], [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 硬敢 [Southwestern-Mandarin, Liuzhou], 居然 [Jianghuai-Mandarin, Yangzhou], 竟然 [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 竟然 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 居然 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 竟然間 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], [Xiamen], 竟然 [Xiamen], [Quanzhou], 竟然 [Quanzhou], [Zhangzhou], 竟然 [Zhangzhou], [Tainan], 竟然 [Tainan], [Jieyang], [Jieyang], 一回 [Jieyang], [Jieyang], 敢敢 [Jieyang], 居然 [Wu, Shanghai], 竟然 [Wu, Shanghai], [Wu, Shanghai], 先勿先 [Wu, Shanghai], 伊講 [Wu, Shanghai], 先勿先 [Wu], 出乎意料地 (chūhūyìliào de), [Hokkien], 硬敢 [Liuzhou], (jìng), 竟然 (jìngrán), 竟然, , Taiwan, Singapore, Liuzhou, , 硬敢, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, 竟然間, Xiamen, , Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tainan, Jieyang, , , 一回, , 敢敢, Shanghai, 先勿先, 伊講
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    {
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        "POJ"
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      "zh-pron": "jūrán"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "chü¹-jan²"
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        "Yale",
        "standard"
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        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "jiuran"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "gēui yìhn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gēui yín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "goey¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goey¹ jin⁴⁻²"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "gêu¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêu¹ yin⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ku-liân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kulieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kir-liân"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³ liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki-jiân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kijieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kṳ jiâng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹ciu-zoe"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciu^平 zoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹jy-zoe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ zø²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
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    },
    {
      "other": "/ kir-liân /"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/"
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      "word": "竟"
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      "word": "居然"
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      "word": "敢"
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      "word": "居然"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "煞"
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        "Quanzhou"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "煞"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "煞"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "竟然"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
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      "word": "夰"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
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      "word": "紲"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Jieyang"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Jieyang"
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      "word": "落"
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        "Jieyang"
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      "word": "敢敢"
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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      "word": "居然"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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      "word": "竟"
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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      "word": "先勿先"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
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      "word": "伊講"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Wu"
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      "word": "先勿先"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Jyutping"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "ge¹ riang⁵"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "¹ciu-zoe"
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "jūrán"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄐㄩ ㄖㄢˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyurán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chü¹-jan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyū-rán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiuran"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзюйжань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czjujžanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gēui yìhn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gēui yín"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goey¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goey¹ jin⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêu¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gêu¹ yin⁴⁻²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kulieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ku⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³ liɛn²⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kijieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kṳ jiâng"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
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        "Wu"
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        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciu^平 zoe"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
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        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹jy-zoe"
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        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɵy̯⁵⁵ jiːn²¹⁻³⁵/"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/kɯ³³ liɛn²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ki⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɯ³³⁻²³ d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕy⁵⁵ zø²¹/"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "竟"
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        "Taiwan"
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      "word": "居然"
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      "tags": [
        "Taiwan"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "敢"
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    {
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        "Liuzhou"
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      "word": "硬敢"
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      "word": "居然"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "居然"
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      "word": "竟然間"
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      "word": "煞"
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      "word": "竟然"
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        "Quanzhou"
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "煞"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Zhangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "竟然"
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    {
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      "word": "夰"
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    {
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    },
    {
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      "word": "落"
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      "tags": [
        "Jieyang"
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      ],
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      ],
      "word": "竟"
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        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "伊講"
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    {
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        "Wu"
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      "word": "出乎意料地"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
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      "word": "煞"
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    {
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        "Liuzhou"
      ],
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      "roman": "jìng",
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      "roman": "jìngrán",
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      "word": "竟然"
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      "word": "竟"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "敢"
    },
    {
      "word": "硬敢"
    },
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      "word": "Yangzhou"
    },
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      "word": "伊講"
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}

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