怎料

Chinese

		how	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (怎料)		怎	料
simp. #(怎料)		怎	料

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zěnliào

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zěnliào
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zěnliào
    • Wade–Giles: tsên³-liao⁴
    • Yale: dzěn-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzeenliaw
    • Palladius: цзэньляо (czɛnʹljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Adverb

怎料

1. who would have thought; little did one know; how was one to know

   女子嘲笑乞丐衣服破爛，怎料他竟是百萬富翁。 [MSC, trad.]
   女子嘲笑乞丐衣服破烂，怎料他竟是百万富翁。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǚzǐ cháoxiào qǐgài yīfú pòlàn, zěnliào tā jìng shì bǎiwànfùwēng. [Pinyin]

   The woman mocked the beggar's tattered clothes, but little did she know that he unexpectedly was a millionaire.

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 豈料 / 岂料 (qǐliào)
• 點知 / 点知 (dim² zi¹) (Cantonese)