想到

Chinese

		to think; to believe; to suppose to think; to believe; to suppose; to wish; to want; to miss	to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
simp. and trad. (想到)		想	到

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng² dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngdào
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-tao⁴
    • Yale: syǎng-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangdaw
    • Palladius: сяндао (sjandao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng² dou³
    • Yale: séung dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng² dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng² dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ³⁵ tou̯³³/

Verb

想⫽到 (verb-object)

1. (transitive) to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate; to occur (to somebody); to suspect

   我從來沒有想到他是那本小說的作者。 [MSC, trad.]
   我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ cónglái méiyǒu xiǎngdào tā shì nà běn xiǎoshuō de zuòzhě. [Pinyin]

   It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.

   沒想到短短一個月，他的廚藝竟然已進步到這個境界！ [MSC, trad.]
   没想到短短一个月，他的厨艺竟然已进步到这个境界！ [MSC, simp.]

   Méi xiǎngdào duǎnduǎn yīge yuè, tā de chúyì jìngrán yǐ jìnbù dào zhège jìngjiè! [Pinyin]

   Who would have thought that in a short little month, his cooking would have improved to this extent!

   她萬萬沒想到她的阿姨是殺手。 [MSC, trad.]
   她万万没想到她的阿姨是杀手。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā wànwàn méi xiǎngdào tā de āyí shì shāshǒu. [Pinyin]

   She never suspected for a minute that her aunty was a killer.

Derived terms

• 沒想到／没想到 (méixiǎngdào)