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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 出乎意料

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
出乎意料 chū hū - yì liào - (idiom) unexpected

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,656 17,476 15,047

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chū- to go out; to come out
- to arise; to occur
- to produce; to yield
- to go beyond; to exceed
- (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū- variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in
- at
- from
- because
- than
- (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate
liào- material
- stuff
- grain
- feed
- to expect
- to anticipate
- to guess

Other Words Containing 出乎意料

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
出乎意料 - - 9,656 17,476 15,047