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

我没料到他会来。

Wǒ méi liàodào tā huì lái.

I didn't expect him to come.

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