意想不到

Chinese

		to expect; to intend; to imagine to expect; to intend; to imagine; to suppose	to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at; to not arrive to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at; to not arrive; to not show up
simp. and trad. (意想不到)		意想	不到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìxiǎngbùdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ soeng² bat¹ dou³ / ji³ soeng² bat¹ dou^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìxiǎngbùdào [Phonetic: yìxiǎngbúdào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìsiǎngbùdào
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-hsiang³-pu⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: yì-syǎng-bù-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihsheangbudaw
    • Palladius: исянбудао (isjanbudao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ soeng² bat¹ dou³ / ji³ soeng² bat¹ dou^3-2
    • Yale: yi séung bāt dou / yi séung bāt dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ soeng² bat⁷ dou³ / ji³ soeng² bat⁷ dou^3-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ sêng² bed¹ dou³ / yi³ sêng² bed¹ dou^3-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/, /jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

Idiom

意想不到

1. to be unexpected; to be unanticipated; to be unimaginable