想
不
到

Unexpected in Chinese: 想不到 (xiǎng bu dào)

xiǎng bu dào

unexpected

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unexpected
  2. 2hard to imagine
  3. 3it had not occurred to me
  4. 4who could have thought that

Stroke order

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想
不
到

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

˙ㄅㄨ

bu

˙/ neutral toneㄅ/ bㄨ/ u

ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 真想不到你会来看我。

    zhēn xiǎng bú dào nǐ huì lái kàn wǒ。

    I really didn't expect that you would come to see me.

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Related words

不

bù

no

想

xiǎng

to think (about)

到

dào

to reach

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

遇到

yù dào

to meet

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

到处

dào chù

everywhere

到底

dào dǐ

finally

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

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