How do you say “unexpected” in Vietnamese?

“Unexpected” in Vietnamese is bất ngờ (sudden).

Vietnamese words for “unexpected”

• bất ngờListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɓət̚˧˦ ŋəː˨˩] · Saigon [ʔɓək̚˦˥ ŋəː˨˩]bất rising ngờ falling

  sudden; unexpected

  for “unexpected” meaning: Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.

  • Điều đó khá là bất ngờ.That is rather unexpected.

Related Vietnamese words

• bất trắcListenadjective

  unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseeable

• đột xuấtListenadjective

  unforeseen; unexpected

• ngẫu nhiênListenadjective

  random; accidental; by accident

• không ngờListenadjective

  unexpectedly; surprisingly

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.