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不料

不料

Chinese

		not; no; (negative prefix)	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
simp. and trad. (不料)		不	料

Adverb

不料

unexpectedly; to one's surprise

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): bùliào

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ liu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: bùliào [Phonetic: búliào]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buliaw
  - IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    不料
    布料
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ liu⁶
  - Yale: bāt liuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ liu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ liːu̯²²/