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Definition 2024

意料

意料

Chinese

		idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; (abbr.) Italy	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
simp. and trad. (意料)		意	料

Verb

意料

to anticipate; to expect

Synonyms

料想 (liàoxiǎng)
意想 (yìxiǎng)
預見／预见 (yùjiàn)
預料／预料 (yùliào)
預想／预想 (yùxiǎng)

Derived terms

出人意料 (chūrényìliào)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yìliào

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ liu⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi-liau
Min Nan (POJ): ì-liāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yìliào
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihliaw
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji³ liu⁶
  - Yale: yi liuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ liu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ liːu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-liau
  - Hakka Romanization System: i liau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ liau⁴
  - IPA: /i⁵⁵ li̯au̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi-liau
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i liau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi⁴ liau⁴
  - IPA: /(j)i⁵⁵ li̯au̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ì-liāu
  - Tâi-lô: ì-liāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ieliau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i²¹⁻⁵³ liaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²¹⁻⁵³ liaʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i¹¹⁻⁵³ liaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²¹⁻⁴¹ liaʊ³³/