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意想不到 (yì xiǎng bú dào): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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意想不到

意想不到 (yì xiǎng bú dào): Unexpected — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

意想不到 consists of 4 characters.

thought, idea, meaning, intention

to want; to think

to arrive; to get to

Word Info

Pinyinyì xiǎng bú dào

Meaningunexpected

Characters4

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 意想不到.

Words with 意

意思yì siHSK 2
有意思yǒu yì siHSK 2
没意思méi yì siHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
同意tóng yìHSK 3
愿意yuàn yìHSK 3
注意zhù yìHSK 3
满意mǎn yìHSK 3

Words with 想

想法xiǎng fǎHSK 4
理想lǐ xiǎngHSK 4
幻想huàn xiǎngHSK 5
思想sī xiǎngHSK 5
想念xiǎng niànHSK 5
想象xiǎng xiàngHSK 5
感想gǎn xiǎngHSK 5
梦想

Words with 不

不要bù yàoHSK 1
不客气bú kè qiHSK 1
对不起duì bu qǐHSK 1
不错bù cuòHSK 2
不好意思bù hǎo yì siHSK 2
不久bù jiǔHSK 3
不但bù dànHSK 3
不同

Words with 到

得到dé dàoHSK 3
感到gǎn dàoHSK 3
收到shōu dàoHSK 3
直到zhí dàoHSK 3
迟到chí dàoHSK 3
遇到yù dàoHSK 3
到处dào chùHSK 4
到底

mèng xiǎng

HSK 5

bù tóng

HSK 3

dào dǐ

HSK 4

3.

How to Use 意想不到 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 意想不到 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verbwith完全

wán完

quán全

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

neutral

completely unexpected

Subject + Verbwith结果

jié结

guǒ果

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

Verb + Complementwith感到

gǎn感

dào到

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

Adjective + Nounwith事情

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

de的

shì事

qing情

4.

Example Sentences with 意想不到

jīn今

tiān天

xià下

yǔ雨

le了

，

zhēn真

neutral

unexpected result

neutral

feel surprised/unexpected

neutral

unexpected thing

shì

是

yì意

xiǎng想

bù不

dào到

。

It rained today, which was really unexpected.

zhè这

cì次

shì市

chǎng场

diào调

yán研

de的

jié结

guǒ果

wán完

quán全

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

，

diān颠

fù覆

le了

wǒ我

men们

de的

yù预

pàn判

。

The results of this market research were completely unexpected, overturning our predictions.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

duì对

zhè这

cì次

tū突

rú如

qí其

lái来

de的

biàn变

gù故

，

méi没

yǒu有

gǎn感

dào到

yì一

sī丝

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

ma吗

？

Aren't you even a little surprised by this sudden and unexpected turn of events?

tā他

zài在

bǐ比

sài赛

zhōng中

huò获

dé得

le了

dì第

yì一

míng名

，

zhè这

ràng让

dà大

jiā家

gǎn感

dào到

yì意

xiǎng想

bù不

dào到

。

He won first place in the competition, which surprised everyone.

tā他

bìng并

wèi未

yīn因

zhè这

cì次

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

de的

shī失

bài败

ér而

qì气

něi馁

，

fǎn反

ér而

gèng更

jiā加

nǔ努

lì力

。

He was not discouraged by this unexpected failure; instead, he worked even harder.

shēng生

huó活

zǒng总

shì是

chōng充

mǎn满

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

de的

jīng惊

xǐ喜

yǔ与

tiǎo挑

zhàn战

，

xū需

yào要

wǒ我

men们

tǎn坦

rán然

miàn面

duì对

。

Life is always full of unexpected surprises and challenges, which we need to face calmly.

zhè这

ge个

xiǎo小

zhèn镇

yǐn隐

cáng藏

zhe着

xǔ许

duō多

yì意

xiǎng想

bù不

dào到

de的

měi美

jǐng景

，

zhí值

de得

yī一

yóu游

。

This small town hides many unexpected beautiful sights, worth a visit.

wǒ我

zài在

nà那

jiā家

bù不

qǐ起

yǎn眼

de的

xiǎo小

diàn店

lǐ里

，

fā发

xiàn现

le了

xǔ许

duō多

yì意

xiǎng想

bú不

dào到

de的

jīng精

zhì致

shǒu手

gōng工

yì艺

pǐn品

。

I discovered many unexpected exquisite handicrafts in that inconspicuous little shop.