# 没想到 (méixiǎngdào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 没想到 (méixiǎngdào) means “didn't expect; unexpectedly”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: didn't expect; unexpectedly
- Pinyin: méixiǎngdào (mei2 xiang3 dao4)
- Traditional: 沒想到
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 没想到会在这里遇见你。
  Méixiǎngdào huì zài zhèlǐ yùjiàn nǐ.
  I didn't expect to meet you here.

## Characters

- [没](https://hanziro.com/word/mei-not/) (méi): (adverb) not; have not
- [想](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-think/) (xiǎng): to think; to want to
- [到](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-arrive/) (dào): to arrive; to reach

https://hanziro.com/word/mei-xiang-dao-didnt-expect/

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