意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
意料
yìliào
to anticipate; to expect
Characters in this word
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
- 我早已意料到谈判不会顺利，所以提前准备了替代方案。 Wǒ zǎo yǐ yìliào dào tánpàn bú huì shùnlì, suǒyǐ tíqián zhǔnbèi le tìdài fāng'àn. I had long anticipated that the negotiations would not go smoothly, so I prepared an alternative plan in advance.
- 他竟然得了第一名，真出乎大家的意料。 Tā jìngrán dé le dì yī míng, zhēn chūhū dàjiā de yìliào. He actually took first place — truly beyond everyone's expectations.
- 天气突然变了，这场雨在意料之外。 Tiānqì tūrán biàn le, zhè chǎng yǔ zài yìliào zhī wài. The weather changed suddenly; this rain came unexpectedly.