Chinese word dictionary

岂料

qǐ liào · who would have thought that; who would have expected that

Word information

Simplified岂料
Traditional豈料
Pinyinqǐ liào
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 岂料

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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