想不到 xiǎng bu dào — unexpected
xiǎng (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) dào (fourth tone, falling)xiang3 bu5 dao4
unexpected
Level 6· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
unexpected
unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 想
- 想xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to want to, would like to
- 想到xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to think of
- 想法xiǎng (third tone, dipping) fǎ (third tone, dipping)way of thinking; opinion; notion
- 梦想夢想mèng (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)(figuratively) to dream of
- 思想sī (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)thought
- 想起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to recall
- 想象xiǎngxiàng (third tone, dipping)to imagine, to picture, to envision
- 理想lǐxiǎng (third tone, dipping)ideal, dream, life ambition
- 想念xiǎng (third tone, dipping) niàn (fourth tone, falling)to miss
- 幻想huàn (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)delusion
- 回想huí (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to recall
- 联想聯想lián (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to associate (cognitively)
- 设想設想shè (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to imagine
- 着想著想zhuó (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to give thought (to others)
- 猜想cāi (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to guess; to conjecture; to suppose
- 妄想wàng (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to attempt vainly
- 意想不到yì (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)unexpected
Words containing 不
- 不bù (fourth tone, falling)not (negates verbs, adjectives and modal verbs)
- 不要bù (fourth tone, falling) yào (fourth tone, falling)don't!
- 不错不錯bù (fourth tone, falling) cuò (fourth tone, falling)correct
- 不同bù (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising)different
- 不断不斷búduàn (second tone, rising)continuously, unceasingly
- 不过不過búguò (second tone, rising)but, however (a lighter contrast than 但是)
- 不如bùrú (fourth tone, falling)to be not as good as; had better
- 不再bù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling)no more
- 不用bù (fourth tone, falling) yòng (fourth tone, falling)need not
- 不少bù (fourth tone, falling) shǎo (third tone, dipping)many
- 不但búdàn (second tone, rising)not only … (but also)
- 差不多chàbuduō (fourth tone, falling)about the same, close enough, not much different
- 不然bùrán (fourth tone, falling)otherwise, or else
- 不管bùguǎn (fourth tone, falling)no matter (what/how…), regardless of
- 不足bùzú (fourth tone, falling)insufficient, inadequate; a shortcoming
- 不够不夠bù (fourth tone, falling) gòu (fourth tone, falling)not enough
- 不行bù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)won't do
- 不仅不僅bù (fourth tone, falling) jǐn (third tone, dipping)not only (this one)
Words containing 到
- 到dào (fourth tone, falling)to arrive, to get to
- 看到kàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
- 找到zhǎo (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to find
- 得到dé (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to get
- 见到見到jiàn (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to see
- 想到xiǎng (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to think of
- 感到gǎn (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 做到zuò (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to accomplish
- 受到shòu (fourth tone, falling) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive
- 听到聽到tīng (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to hear
- 来到來到lái (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to arrive; to come
- 回到huí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to return to
- 遇到yùdào (fourth tone, falling)to run into, to bump into (by chance)
- 收到shōu (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive
- 达到達到dá (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to reach
- 直到zhí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)until
- 接到jiē (first tone, high and level) dào (fourth tone, falling)to receive (letter etc)
- 到底dàodǐ (fourth tone, falling)after all, when it comes down to it; (in questions) just what/who/why…