不料

Chinese

		not; no	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (不料)		不	料
simp. #(不料)		不	料

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùliào

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): put-liāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùliào [Phonetic: búliào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùliào
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-liao⁴
    • Yale: bù-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buliaw
    • Palladius: буляо (buljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ liu⁶
    • Yale: bāt liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-liāu
    • Tâi-lô: put-liāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: putliau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ liau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ liau³³/

Adverb

不料

1. (formal) unexpectedly; to one's surprise

Noun

不料

1. (formal) unawareness; unpreparedness

Verb

不料

1. (formal) to not anticipate

Synonyms

• 不圖／不图 (bùtú) (literary)
• 不意 (bùyì) (formal)
• 不虞 (bùyú) (literary)
• 不謂／不谓 (bùwèi) (literary)
• 哪知 (nǎzhī)
• 孰料 (shúliào)
• 怎料
• 怎知 (zěnzhī)
• 想不到 (xiǎngbùdào)
• 未料 (wèiliào)
• 沒想到／没想到 (méixiǎngdào)
• 無疑／无疑 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 無疑悟／无疑悟 (Min Nan)
• 詎料／讵料 (jùliào)
• 豈料／岂料 (qǐliào)
• 點知／点知 (dim² zi¹) (Cantonese)