料到

liàodào

verb HSK 7-9 #5,531

Meanings

1 to expect
2 to anticipate
3 to foresee

Characters

to anticipate; material

to arrive; (result complement)

Examples

HSK 1

我没料到他会来。

Wǒ méi liàodào tā huì lái.

I didn't expect him to come.

HSK 2

谁也没料到事情会变成这样。

Shéi yě méi liàodào shìqíng huì biànchéng zhèyàng.

Nobody anticipated things would turn out this way.

Tips

usage

料到 is very often used in the negative: 没料到 (didn't expect). Similar to 想到, but 料到 implies more deliberate prediction or foresight.

Stroke Order

料 liào

到 dào