HSK 6 · Verbs

预料 yùliào “to expect” in Chinese

Traditional 預料

What 预料 means

  1. to expect
  2. to predict
  3. expectation
  4. to forecast
  5. to anticipate

How to say 预料

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale预yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale料liào4th tone, falling

预料 in a sentence

  1. 我预料会有麻烦。

    Wǒ yùliào huì yǒu máfan.

    I expect there’ll be trouble.

    Sentence #941094 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 它现代化的程度远远超乎我的预料。

    Tā xiàndàihuà de chéngdù yuǎnyuǎn chāohū wǒ de yùliào.

    It was far more modern than I’d expected.

    Sentence #858922 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 汤姆预料这会发生。

    Tāngmǔ yùliào zhè huì fāshēng.

    Tom expected this to happen.

    Sentence #10503089 from Tatoeba

How 预料 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 预 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
预yùto advance
  • 予to give · yúSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

The character 料 (liào) with each of its parts in a different colour
料liàomaterial
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 斗dipper · dǒu

Memory aidRice 米 measured with a dipper 斗: material, to estimate.

How to write 预料

预 10 strokes · 料 10 strokes

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预料 (yùliào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 预料 (yùliào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 预料

Words with 预

预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent预报yùbào · forecast预先yùxiān · in advance预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict干预gānyù · to intervene预算yùsuàn · budget预兆yùzhào · omen

Words with 料

饮料yǐnliào · beverage材料cáiliào · (raw) material塑料袋sùliàodài · plastic bag资料zīliào · material原料yuánliào · raw material调料tiáoliào · seasoning意料yìliào · expectation不料búliào · unexpectedly

More words: Thinking & Talking

引用yǐnyòng · to quote意识yìshi · consciousness意味着yìwèizhe · to mean拥护yōnghù · to support酝酿yùnniàng · to brew预期yùqī · to expect预言yùyán · to predict赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at

FAQs

预料 (yùliào) means “to expect” or “to predict”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùliào: yù with a 4th tone, then liào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 预料 is written 預料. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuliao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 预料 from the suggestions. Typing yuliao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
预料 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.