意外

HSK level

Traditional form

意外 yìwài

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

意 Yì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 心 xīn represents the meaning and 音 yīn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

音 yīn

Semantic compound

心 xīn

Positional decomposition

⿱音心

Number of Strokes

13

外 wài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 卜 bo represents the meaning and 月 yuè represents the sound. 卜 bo here is used iconically as an arrow pointing to the outside.

Positional decomposition

⿰夕卜

Number of Strokes

5

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母马容忍 róngrěn 后代 hòudài 粗暴 cū bào 和 hé 野蛮 yěmán 的 de 程度 chéngdù 教 Jiào 人 rén 意外 yìwài .

Mares are surprisingly tolerant of the roughness and rudeness of their own offspring.

头颅 tóu lú 、胸腔 xiōng qiāng 和 hé 腹腔 fù qiāng 除 chú 意 Yì 外 wài 事故 shìgù 外 wài , 仍 réng 属 shǔ 不 bù 能 Néng 切开的 de 禁区 jìn qū .

The head, chest, and abdomen were still sanctuaries not to be opened, unless by accident.

这 zhè 箱子 xiāng zi 轻 qīng 得 dé 出人意外 chū rén yì wài .

The suitcase is surprisingly light.

我 wǒ 昨晚 zuó wǎn 意外 yìwài 地 de 交 jiāo 上 shǎng 了 le 好运 hǎo yùn .

A good fortune fell by chance on me last night.

她 tā 完全 wánquán 神经 shénjīng 过敏 guòmǐn , 我 wǒ 敢 gǎn 说 shuì 她 tā 禁不住 jīn bu zhù 这 zhè 意外 yìwài .

She's all nerves , and she couldn't bear the surprise, I'm positive.

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 意外 yìwài and their own compounds.

意 Yì

立 Lì

外 wài

卜 bo , 夕 xī

See all 16 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 意外 yìwài in their composition.

意 Yì

臆 yì , 癔 yì , 薏 yì , 憶 yì , 噫 yī , 檍 yì , 譩 yī , 镱 yì , 億 yì , 嬑, 澺, 燱, 繶, 醷, 鐿

外 wài

迯

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