出乎 chū hū

to go against (expectations)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 12484th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to go against (expectations)
  2. 2. to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  3. 3. to stem from
  4. 4. due to

Characters

Character Meaning
出 chū HSK 1
to go out; to come out
乎 hū HSK 3
than; at; (classical particle similar to 于yú) in