义项
表示追根究底所得的结论
Offers the fact that settles an argument, usually in excuse of someone: 他毕竟还是个孩子 — "he is, after all, still a child". It explains rather than concludes, which is why 到底 cannot replace it here.
adverb
例句
- 他毕竟还是个孩子，你别生气了。他畢竟還是個孩子，你別生氣了。Tā (first tone, high and level) bìjìng (fourth tone, falling) háishi (second tone, rising) ge (neutral tone) háizi, (second tone, rising) nǐ (third tone, dipping) bié (second tone, rising) shēngqì (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···
He is, after all, still a child — don’t be angry.
- 这里毕竟不是自己的家。這裏畢竟不是自己的家。Zhèlǐ (fourth tone, falling) bìjìng (fourth tone, falling) bú (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) zìjǐ (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) jiā. (first tone, high and level)···
This is not, when it comes down to it, one’s own home.