始料未及

Chinese

		begin	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess	not yet; 8th earthly branch; 1–3 p.m.	to reach; and
trad. (始料未及)		始	料	未	及
simp. #(始料未及)		始	料	未	及

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐliàowèijí

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² liu⁶ mei⁶ kap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-liāu-bī-ki̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐliàowèijí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhliàowèijí
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-liao⁴-wei⁴-chi²
    • Yale: shř-lyàu-wèi-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyliawweyjyi
    • Palladius: шиляовэйцзи (šiljaovɛjczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² liu⁶ mei⁶ kap⁶
    • Yale: chí liuh meih kahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² liu⁶ mei⁶ kap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² liu⁶ méi⁶ keb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ liːu̯²² mei̯²² kʰɐp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-liāu-bī-ki̍p
    • Tâi-lô: sí-liāu-bī-ki̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syliauxbixkip
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹⁻²² bi⁴¹⁻²² kip̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau³³⁻¹¹ bi³³⁻¹¹ kip̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liau³³⁻²¹ bi³³⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/

Idiom

始料未及

1. unexpected