结果結果 jiéguǒ — result, outcome
Traditional: 結果
result, outcome
Meanings
result, outcome
结, to bear fruit, and 果, the fruit itself — the outcome as what a matter finally ripens into, good or bad. It waits for a process to finish: 考试的结果, the result of the exam, not the exam itself.
nounas a result, in the end (introducing an outcome, often unwelcome)
conjunctionOpening the second clause, 结果 reports what finally happened after the first clause’s cause or effort — and very often what happened was not what was hoped for: 他复习了很久，结果还是没考好, he studied for ages, and in the end still did badly.
Example sentences
- 这件事的结果让大家都很满意。這件事的結果讓大家都很滿意。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) jiàn (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) jiéguǒ (second tone, rising) ràng (fourth tone, falling) dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) dōu (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) mǎnyì. (third tone, dipping)···
The outcome of this matter left everyone satisfied.
- 他复习了很长时间，结果考试考得很好。他復習了很長時間，結果考試考得很好。Tā (first tone, high and level) fùxíle (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) cháng (second tone, rising) shíjiān, (second tone, rising) jiéguǒ (second tone, rising) kǎoshì (third tone, dipping) kǎo (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) hǎo. (third tone, dipping)···
He revised for a long time, and as a result did very well on the exam.
Common mistakes
Not quite结果他复习了很长时间，考试考得很好。
Correct他复习了很长时间，结果考试考得很好。
As a connector, 结果 introduces the outcome and so belongs in the second clause, after the cause has already been given — never opening the sentence before any reason exists for it to conclude.