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Didn't expect in Chinese: 没想到 (méi xiǎng dào)

méi xiǎng dào

didn't expect

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 沒想到1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1didn't expect

Stroke order

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没
想
到

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄟˊ

méi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

没想到

Simplified

沒想到

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我没想到你今天会来。

    wǒ méi xiǎng dào nǐ jīn tiān huì lái。

    I didn't expect you to come today.

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Related words

没

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not

想

xiǎng

to think (about)

到

dào

to reach

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

遇到

yù dào

to meet

到处

dào chù

everywhere

到底

dào dǐ

finally

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

受到

shòu dào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)

达到

dá dào

to reach

到达

dào dá

to reach

感想

gǎn xiǎng

impressions

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