豈料

Chinese

		how can it be that	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (豈料)		豈	料
simp. (岂料)		岂	料
Literally: “how was one to anticipate”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐliào

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² liu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐliào
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐliào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-liao⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiiliaw
    • Palladius: циляо (ciljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² liu⁶
    • Yale: héi liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ liːu̯²²/

Adverb

豈料

1. unexpectedly

Synonyms

• 不圖／不图 (bùtú) (literary)
• 不意 (bùyì) (formal)
• 不料 (bùliào)
• 不虞 (bùyú) (literary)
• 不謂／不谓 (bùwèi) (literary)
• 哪知 (nǎzhī)
• 孰料 (shúliào)
• 怎料
• 怎知 (zěnzhī)
• 想不到 (xiǎngbùdào)
• 未料 (wèiliào)
• 沒想到／没想到 (méixiǎngdào)
• 無疑／无疑 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 無疑悟／无疑悟 (Min Nan)
• 詎料／讵料 (jùliào)
• 點知／点知 (dim² zi¹) (Cantonese)