究竟
Meaning
- to go to the bottom of a matter
- after all
- when all is said and done
Example sentence
究竟谁要负责？
Who exactly is responsible?
Characters in 究竟
- 究 jiū to investigate, to look into; after all
- 竟 jìng unexpectedly, actually; to finish
究 to investigate plus 竟, in the end. 究 gives 研究 and 讲究; in a question it means on earth.