Chinese symbol for “unexpectedly”
不想
bù xiǎng
unexpectedly; to one's surprise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unexpectedly is 不想 (bù xiǎng), defined as: unexpectedly; to one's surprise.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unexpectedly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竟然 | jìng rán | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 居然 | jū rán | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 竟 | jìng | unexpectedly; actually |
| 不料 | bù liào | unexpectedly; to one's surprise |
| 还是 (還是) | hái shi | still (as before); had better |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不想.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
| 想到 | xiǎng dào | to think of; to call to mind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unexpectedly”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.