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意想不到

意想不到

Chinese

		expectation; intention; imagination expectation; intention; imagination; supposition	to not yet reach; to not yet arrive at
simp. and trad. (意想不到)		意想	不到

Idiom

意想不到

to be unexpected; to be unanticipated; to be unimaginable

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yìxiǎngbùdào

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ soeng² bat¹ dou^3-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìxiǎngbùdào [Phonetic: yìxiǎngbúdào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihsheangbudaw
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ soeng² bat¹ dou^3-2
  - Yale: yi séung bāt dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ soeng² bat⁷ dou^3-2
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/