莫名其妙
Old HSK 6
莫名其妙 (mòmíngqímiào) · baffling
莫名其妙 (mòmíngqímiào) means “baffling; inexplicable; without reason”. It is written with 4 characters: 莫 (cannot) + 名 (place (in a ranking)) + 其 (his) + 妙 (mysterious). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 莫名其妙 is built
The characters
莫 mò · cannot
What 莫 is made of
- 艹cǎo — grass
- 旲tái — daylight
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 日rì — sun; day
名 míng · place (in a ranking)
What 名 is made of
- 夕xī — evening
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丶 — dot
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
其 qí · his
What 其 is made of
- 甘gān — sweet
- 卄niàn — twenty
- 十 — ten
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 卄niàn — twenty
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
妙 miào · mysterious
What 妙 is made of
- 女nǚ — woman
- 少shǎo — few
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
Example sentences
他莫名其妙地生气了。Tā mòmíngqímiào de shēngqì le.He got angry for no apparent reason.
这个问题真让人莫名其妙。Zhège wèntí zhēn ràng rén mòmíngqímiào.This problem is really baffling.
Questions about 莫名其妙
What does 莫名其妙 mean?
莫名其妙 (mòmíngqímiào) means “baffling; inexplicable; without reason”.
How do you pronounce 莫名其妙?
莫名其妙 is pronounced mòmíngqímiào.
Which HSK level is 莫名其妙?
莫名其妙 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 名字míngziname
- 有名yǒumíngfamous
- 报名bàomíngto sign up
- 名称míngchēngname (of a thing)
- 名单míngdānlist of names
- 姓名xìngmíngfull name
- 排名páimíngranking
- 点名diǎnmíngto call the roll
- 名牌儿míngpáirfamous brand
- 名片míngpiànbusiness card
Learn 莫名其妙 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 129: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.