Chinese word

料到

Pronunciation

Pinyinliào dào

Meaning

  • verbexpect

Example

我没料到他会来。wǒ méi liào dào tā huì lái

I didn't expect him to come.

Illustration for 料到 (expect)

More examples

他早就料到可能会遇到困难。tā zǎo jiù liào dào kě néng huì yù dào kùn nán

He had long expected that he might run into difficulties.

Core concept

Mentally reaching ahead to a likely event and seeing its outcome before it arrives.

Common phrases

  • 从未料到cóng wèi liào dào

    never expect

  • 早就料到zǎo jiù liào dào

    had long expected

Similar words

估计gū jì: Estimate a quantity or result roughly from the information available.
预计yù jì: Expect a future time or result in advance from a plan or supporting information.
预料yù liào: Expect something likely to happen by forming a mental idea of it beforehand.
猜想cāi xiǎng: Guess that something is probably true or will happen without much supporting evidence.

Definition in Chinese

对将要发生的事作出估计或见解，也可表示对某一结果感到意外duì jiāng yào fā shēng de shì zuò chū gū jì huò jiàn jiě yě kě biǎo shì duì mǒu yì jié guǒ gǎn dào yì wài

Word origin

料 (liào, "judge") + 到 (dào, "arrive") presents a judgment that an event's outcome has already come into view.

Usage tips

  • A negative statement with this verb commonly presents an event as more surprising than expected, while a positive statement presents it as something already seen coming.

Other meanings

  • anticipateverb
  • foreseeverb

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