莫
名
其
妙

(idiom) baffling in Chinese: 莫名其妙 (mò míng qí miào)

mò míng qí miào

(idiom) baffling

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Definitions

  1. 1(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable

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莫
名
其
妙

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄛˋ

mò

ㄇ/ mㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄧㄥˊ

míng

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧˊ

qí

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄧㄠˋ

miào

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他莫名其妙地生气了，我不知道为什么。

    tā mò míng qí miào dì shēng qì le， wǒ bù zhī dào wèi shén me。

    He got inexplicably angry, and I don't know why.

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Related words

名

míng

name

其

qí

his

妙

miào

clever

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

其实

qí shí

actually

其他

qí tā

other

有名

yǒu míng

famous

报名

bào míng

to sign up

极其

jí qí

extremely

其次

qí cì

next

其中

qí zhōng

among

尤其

yóu qí

especially

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