出人意料

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	man; person; people	to anticipate; to expect
trad. (出人意料)		出	人	意料
simp. #(出人意料)		出	人	意料

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūrényìliào

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ jan⁴ ji³ liu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūrényìliào
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: churényìliào
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-jên²-i⁴-liao⁴
    • Yale: chū-rén-yì-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: churenyihliaw
    • Palladius: чужэньиляо (čužɛnʹiljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ jan⁴ ji³ liu⁶
    • Yale: chēut yàhn yi liuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ jan⁴ ji³ liu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ yen⁴ yi³ liu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jɐn²¹ jiː³³ liːu̯²²/

Idiom

出人意料

1. to exceed people's expectations; to be unexpected; to be surprising