意外

yì wài

A2 Level 4
NounStative verb

意外 (yì wài) is a Chinese word meaning “unexpected”. It sits at TOCFL Level 4 (CEFR A2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. unexpected
  2. accident
  3. mishap

Stroke order

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Example

路上發生了一場意外。

An accident happened on the road.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).