不期

bùqī
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise

CEDICT

  1. (literary) did not expect; would not have guessed
  2. did not expect; would not have guessed

Wiktionary

Examples

我不期待去上班

I don't look forward to going to work.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=2 期 qī
  1. variant of 期 qī
  2. period
  3. cycle
=2 期 qī
  1. a period of time
  2. phase
  3. stage
  4. classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
  5. time
  6. term
  7. period
  8. to hope
  9. Taiwan pr. qí

Containing this entry

不期而至 bùqīérzhì
  1. to arrive unexpectably
  2. unexpected
不期而遇 bùqīéryù
  1. meet by chance
  2. have a chance encounter
不期而遇 bùqī'éryù
不期然 bùqīrán
不期而然 bùqī'érrán
不期而会 bùqī'érhuì

Related entries

不意 bùyì
  1. unexpectedly
  2. unawareness
  3. unpreparedness
不料 bùliào
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
冷不防 lěngbufáng
  1. unexpectedly
  2. suddenly
  3. at unawares
  4. off guard
  5. against expectations
冷不防，老师让每个国家的学生用话筒给大家讲一下自己来哈尔滨的原因。

Without warning, the teachers ask students from each country to take the microphone and explain to everyone their reasons for coming to Harbin.

Source: Tatoeba

居然 jūrán
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. go so far as to
我居然忘记了今天有课！

I completely forgot that there was class today!

Source: Tatoeba

抽冷子 chōulěngzi (coll.) unexpectedly
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