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不料 bùliào

不料 bùliào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 不料 bùliào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bùliào | bu4 liao4
English translation
unexpectedly
to one's surprise

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Traditional form

不料 bùliào

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 不料 bùliào

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4
liào

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a dipper ( Dǒu ) full of rice ().

Positional decomposition

米斗

Number of Strokes

10

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不料 bùliào Decomposition

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不料 bùliào Compounds

See all 55 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 不料 bùliào in their composition.

    • fǒu
      • , , , , , ,
      • pēi , pēi , , , , pēi , , , piě , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Huán , huài , bēi , 怀 Huái , Huán , wāi , nāo , béng , , , , piān , pēi , póu , fóu , , , , , biáo , , bēi , , , , , ,
  • liào
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