HSK 5 · Function Words

毕竟 bìjìng “after all” in Chinese

Traditional 畢竟

What 毕竟 means

  1. after all
  2. all in all
  3. when all is said and done
  4. in the final analysis

How to say 毕竟

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale毕bì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale竟jìng4th tone, falling

毕竟 in a sentence

  1. 你毕竟是对的。

    Nǐ bìjìng shì duì de.

    You were right after all.

    Sentence #334251 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他毕竟是那个时代的人。

    Tā bìjìng shì nà ge shídài de rén.

    After all, he’s a product of his time.

    Sentence #13891929 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 为什么要准时抵达，毕竟大家都迟到。

    Wèishénme yào zhǔnshí dǐdá, bìjìng dàjiā dōu chídào.

    Why bother arriving on time? After all, everyone’s late.

    Sentence #9419167 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 毕竟 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 毕 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
毕bìthe whole of
  • 比compare · bǐSound part
  • 十ten · shíMeaning part

十 hints at the meaning (ten); 比 (bǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bì.

The character 竟 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
竟jìngunexpectedly
  • 音sound · yīn
  • 儿legs · ér

How to write 毕竟

毕 6 strokes · 竟 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

毕竟 (bìjìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 毕竟 (bìjìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 毕竟

Words with 毕

毕业bìyè · graduation完毕wánbì · to finish

Words with 竟

究竟jiūjìng · to go to the bottom of a matter竟然jìngrán · unexpectedly

More words: Function Words & Grammar

哎āi · hey唉āi · (sigh) oh彼此bǐcǐ · each other必然bìrán · inevitable便biàn · then不断búduàn · unceasing不见得bújiànde · not necessarily不然bùrán · otherwise

FAQs

毕竟 (bìjìng) means “after all” or “all in all”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bìjìng: bì with a 4th tone, then jìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 毕竟 is written 畢竟. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bijing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 毕竟 from the suggestions. Typing bijing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
毕竟 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.