不料
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

不料

búliào

unexpectedly

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

unexpectedly

02

to one's surprise

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 不料

What does 不料 mean in Chinese?

不料 (búliào) means unexpectedly.

How do you pronounce 不料?

不料 is pronounced búliào.

Is 不料 an HSK word?

不料 is on the HSK 6 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 不料?

不料 is used as a 连词 (conjunction) in Chinese.

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