意料 meaning in English

yìliào

to anticipate; to expect; expectations

HSK 7-9verb23 strokes

Meaning of 意料

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yìliào
  1. to anticipate; to expect
  2. expectations

意料 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

事shì情qíng的de发fā展zhǎn完wán全quán出chū乎hū我wǒ意yì料liào。
I expected something quite different to happen.
这zhè出chū乎hū意yì料liào地dì容róng易yì。
It was amazingly easy.
让ràng我wǒ出chū乎hū意yì料liào的de是shì,他tā居jū然rán很hěn会huì唱chàng歌gē。
To my surprise, he was good at singing.
他tā的de歌gē声shēng出chū乎hū意yì料liào之zhī外wài地dì好hǎo听tīng。
To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.
意yì料liào之zhī外wài,收shōu获huò颇pǒ丰fēng。
Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.

Stroke order for each character

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意 yì · thought · 13 strokes

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料 liào · material · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 意料.

意思yìsiidea; opinion
愿意yuànyìto wish; to want
不好意思bù hǎoyìsito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing
有意思yǒu yìsiinteresting; meaningful
意见yìjiànidea; opinion
满意mǎnyìsatisfied; pleased
故意gùyìdeliberately; on purpose
注意zhùyìto take note of; to pay attention to
同意tóngyìto agree; to consent
主意zhǔyiplan; idea
生意shēngyilife force; vitality
意外yìwàiunexpected; accident

Questions about 意料

What does 意料 mean?

意料 (yìliào) means "to anticipate; to expect; expectations" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 意料?

意料 is made of 2 characters: 意 (13 strokes), 料 (10 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 意料 an HSK word?

Yes. 意料 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.