出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出人意料
chūrényìliào
unexpected; beyond expectation
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
料 liào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 斗 — to struggle, to fight, to contend
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这项并不被看好的技术最终取得突破，结果十分出人意料。 Zhè xiàng bìng bù bèi kànhǎo de jìshù zuìzhōng qǔdé tūpò, jiéguǒ shífēn chūrényìliào. This technology, which had not been viewed favourably, eventually made a breakthrough, a result that was highly unexpected.
- 他今天的表现出人意料，连教练都吓了一跳。 Tā jīntiān de biǎoxiàn chūrényìliào, lián jiàoliàn dōu xià le yí tiào. His performance today was unexpected; even the coach was startled.
- 比赛的结果出人意料，冠军竟然是最年轻的选手。 Bǐsài de jiéguǒ chūrényìliào, guànjūn jìngrán shì zuì niánqīng de xuǎnshǒu. The result of the match was unexpected: the champion turned out to be the youngest player.