莫名其妙 Chinese English dictionary 莫名其妙 translate 莫名其妙 pinyin

莫名其妙

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào	莫名其妙 \| 莫名其妙* \| *莫名其妙	(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable	HSK 7-9

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
莫	莫 \| 莫* \| *莫	10画艸艹 + 7	mò, mù	do not, is not, can not; negative	mok6	4443.0 TAK


名	名 \| 名* \| *名	6画口 + 3	míng	name, rank, title, position	ming4	2760.0 NIR


其	其 \| 其* \| *其	8画八 + 6	qí, jī	his, her, its, their; that	kei4	4480.1 TMMC


妙	妙 \| 妙* \| *妙	7画女 + 4	miào	mysterious, subtle; exquisite	miu6	4942.0 VFH

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào	莫名其妙 \| 莫名其妙* \| *莫名其妙	(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable


莫 Mò	莫 \| 莫* \| *莫	surname Mo


莫 mò	莫 \| 莫* \| *莫	do not / there is none who


莫名 mòmíng	莫名 \| 莫名* \| *莫名	inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable


名　míng	名 \| 名* \| *名	name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people


其　　qí	其 \| 其* \| *其	his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)


妙　　　miào	妙 \| 妙* \| *妙	clever / wonderful


妙　　　miào	妙 \| 妙* \| *妙	variant of 妙

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