意外

Chinese

 
idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
 
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
trad. (意外)
simp. #(意外)
Literally: “beyond anticipations”.

Pronunciation


Adjective

意外

  1. unexpected; unforeseen; surprising
    意外事件   yìwài shìjiàn   unexpected mishap

Noun

意外

  1. accident; mishap; slip-up; mistake
    防止意外   fángzhǐ yìwài   to prevent accidents

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 令人意外
  • 出乎意外
  • 出人意外
  • 出意外
  • 意外事件
  • 意外事故 (yìwài shìgù)
  • 意外死亡 (yìwài sǐwáng)
  • 意外險意外险

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
がい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(がい) • (igai) -na (adnominal ()(がい) (igai na), adverbial ()(がい) (igai ni))

  1. surprising, unexpected
    意外(いがい)だね。
    Igai da ne.
    You don't say.
    (きみ)にここで()うのは(まった)意外(いがい)だ。
    Kimi ni koko de au no wa mattaku igai da.
    It's really unexpected to meet you here.

Inflection

Synonyms

  • 予想外
  • 想定外

Antonyms

  • 織り込み済み
  • 予想内
  • 想定内

Noun

()(がい) • (igai) 

  1. unexpectedness

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

意外 • (uioe) (hangeul 의외)

  1. Hanja form? of 의외 (unexpected, surprising).
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