# 不料 (bùliào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 不料 (bùliào) means “(adv) unexpectedly”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv) unexpectedly
- Pinyin: bùliào (bu4 liao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们本要出门，不料下雨了。
  Wǒmen běn yào chūmén, bùliào xiàyǔ le.
  We were going to go out, but unexpectedly it rained.

## Characters

- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [料](https://hanziro.com/word/liao-material/) (liào): material; ingredients

https://hanziro.com/word/bu-liao-unexpectedly/

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