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Jyutping ji3 soeng2 bat1 dou3
Pinyin yì xiǎng bù dào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unexpected
  2. previously unimagined
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    預計​唔​到​;​意料之外
    unexpected
    • 估唔到啲議員會離場放棄投票,結果真係意想不到。
      估唔到啲议员会离场放弃投票,结果真系意想不到。
      No one could have guessed that the Councillors would just leave and give up their votes. What an unexpected result!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be unexpected; to be unanticipated; to be unimaginable
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #966
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    一时失言常常会带来意想不到的结果。
    一時失言常常會帶來意想不到的結果。
    yī shí shī yán cháng cháng huì dài lái yì xiǎng bù dào de jiē guǒ 。
    • A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
  2. Mandarin
    一点点的运气有时会导致意想不到的成功。
    一點點的運氣有時會導致意想不到的成功。
    yī diǎn diǎn de yùn qi yǒu shí huì dǎo zhì yì xiǎng bù dào de chéng gōng 。
    • A little bit of luck sometimes leads to an unexpected success.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    估唔到啲议员会离场放弃投票,结果真系意想不到。
    估唔到啲議員會離場放棄投票,結果真係意想不到。
    • No one could have guessed that the Councillors would just leave and give up their votes. What an unexpected result!