意外
yì​wài HSK3

accident

意外 yì​wài
accident adjective
an unfortunate incident or mishap, often resulting in injury or damage

为了防止发生意外，请系好安全带。

wèi​le fáng​zhǐ fā​shēng yì​wài, qǐng jì hǎo ān​quán​dài.

To prevent accidents, please fasten your seat belt.

unexpected adjective
happening or coming as a surprise; unforeseen

他的决定让我们感到很意外。

tā de jué​dìng ràng wǒ​men gǎn​dào hěn yì​wài.

His decision caught us by surprise.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
76.9 per million appears in 25% of films
Written text
56.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)