I did not expect it to be that big.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
没想到
didn't expect
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
didn't expect
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 没想到 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 没想到 appears in 34 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I never dreamed that I would win first prize.
During that time I didn't expect to have a problem.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 没想到.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 没想到.
Directly before
- 我没想到13
- 也没想到3
- 从来没想到2
- 从没想到2
- 就没想到1
Directly after
- 没想到会4
- 没想到我会3
- 没想到汤姆3
- 没想到他2
- 没想到能2
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. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for 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 没想到
What does 没想到 mean in Chinese?
没想到 (méixiǎngdào) means didn't expect.
How do you pronounce 没想到?
没想到 is pronounced méixiǎngdào.
Is 没想到 an HSK word?
没想到 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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