# 意外 (yìwài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 意外 (yìwài) means “unexpected; accident; mishap”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: unexpected; accident; mishap
- Pinyin: yìwài (yi4 wai4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 这个决定让大家觉得很意外。
  Zhège juédìng ràng dàjiā juéde hěn yìwài.
  This decision made everyone feel very surprised.

## Characters

- 意 (yì): idea; thought; meaning; sense; intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind
- [外](https://hanziro.com/word/wai-outside/) (wài): outside; foreign

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-wai-unexpected/

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