想不到 xiǎng bu dào

unexpected; who could have thought that

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 5097th word

Definitions

  1. 1. unexpected
  2. 2. who could have thought that
  3. 3. it had not occurred to me
  4. 4. hard to imagine

Characters

Character Meaning
想 xiǎng HSK 1
to want; to think; to suppose
不 bu HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
到 dào HSK 2
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)