不料 búliào▶ Inesperadamente

Stroke order

不料 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 不 — 4 strokes
• 料 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. unexpectedly
2. to one's surprise

Related words

• 不免inevitable
• 不堪no soportar
• 不妨bien podría
• 不惜no escatimar; no dudar
• 不愧Digno
• 不时de vez en cuando

不料 is pronounced búliào and means “Inesperadamente”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 不料 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.