# 意想不到 (yìxiǎngbùdào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 意想不到 (yìxiǎngbùdào) means “unexpected; previously unimagined”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: unexpected; previously unimagined
- Pinyin: yìxiǎngbùdào (yi4 xiang3 bu4 dao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这个结果令人意想不到。
  Zhège jiéguǒ lìngrén yìxiǎngbùdào.
  The result was completely unexpected.

## Characters

- 意 (yì): idea; thought; meaning; sense; intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind
- [想](https://hanziro.com/word/xiang-think/) (xiǎng): to think; to want to
- [不](https://hanziro.com/word/bu-not/) (bù): not; no
- [到](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-arrive/) (dào): to arrive; to reach

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-xiang-bu-dao-unexpected/

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