毕竟

Meaning(adverb)

after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis

Used to give a reason, often with 还是 or 是.

Examples

• 别生气了，他毕竟还是个孩子。

  bié shēng qì le, tā bì jìng hái shi gè hái zi.

  Don't be angry; after all, he's still a child.

• 毕竟是第一次，紧张很正常。

  bì jìng shì dì yī cì, jǐn zhāng hěn zhèng cháng.

  It's the first time after all, so being nervous is normal.

• 她毕竟在中国住了十年，汉语说得很好。

  tā bì jìng zài zhōng guó zhù le shí nián, hàn yǔ shuō dé hěn hǎo.

  She has lived in China for ten years after all, so her Chinese is very good.

Easily confused

• 到底 — 毕竟 stresses a reason ('after all'); 到底 can also press a question (你到底去不去？), which 毕竟 cannot.

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