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意料

yì liào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

意料 (yì liào) means "to anticipate; to expect; expectations". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 意料 means

1. to anticipate; to expect
2. expectations

The characters in 意料

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain

Example sentences

• 这出乎意料地容易。
  Zhè chūhūyìliào de róngyì.
  It was amazingly easy.
• 意料之外，收获颇丰。
  Yìliàozhīwài, shōuhuò pō fēng.
  Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.
• 他的回应出乎我们的意料。
  Tā de huíyìng chūhū wǒmen de yìliào.
  His response was contrary to our expectations.
• 事情的发展完全出乎我意料。
  I expected something quite different to happen.
• 他的歌声出乎意料之外地好听。
  Tā de gēshēng chūhūyìliào zhīwài de hǎotīng.
  To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.
• 让我出乎意料的是，他居然很会唱歌。
  Ràng wǒ chūhūyìliào de shì, tā jūrán hěn huì chànggē.
  To my surprise, he was good at singing.

Words starting with 意料

• 意料之外yì liào zhī wài(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
• 意料之中yì liào zhī zhōngto come as no surprise; as expected

Words containing 意料

• 出乎意料chū hū yì liào(idiom) unexpected
• 出人意料chū rén yì liàounexpected (idiom); surprising

Where 意料 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yì (2) (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yì liào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.