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莫名其妙 (mò míng qí miào): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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莫名其妙 consists of 4 characters.

do not; there is none

that, those; he, she, it; a particle

wonderful, exquisite, clever

How to Use 莫名其妙 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 莫名其妙 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Nounwith事

yī一

jiàn件

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

de的

shì事

neutral

a baffling thing

Adverb + Verbwith笑

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

de地

xiào笑

le了

Verb + Objectwith感到

gǎn感

dào到

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

Verb + Complementwith觉得

jué觉

de得

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

Example Sentences with 莫名其妙

tā他

tū突

rán然

kū哭

le了

，

wǒ我

neutral

laughed inexplicably

neutral

feel baffled

informal

Spoken

find it baffling

mò

莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

。

He suddenly cried, and I was completely baffled.

tā他

gāng刚

cái才

hái还

tán谈

xiào笑

fēng风

shēng生

，

xiàn现

zài在

què却

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

dì地

chén沉

mò默

bù不

yǔ语

。

He was chatting and laughing just now, but now he's inexplicably fallen silent.

zhè这

fèn份

bào报

gào告

de的

shù数

jù据

lái来

yuán源

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

，

wǒ我

men们

wú无

fǎ法

yàn验

zhèng证

qí其

zhēn真

shí实

xìng性

。

The data sources in this report are baffling; we cannot verify their authenticity.

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zhè这

běn本

shū书

de的

jié结

jú局

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

，

wǒ我

wán完

quán全

méi没

kàn看

dǒng懂

。

The ending of this book is inexplicable; I didn't understand it at all.

nǐ你

wèi为

shén什

me么

zǒng总

shì是

duì对

wǒ我

mò莫

tā他

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

zuò做

cuò错

shén什

me么

，

què

tā他

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

dì地

fā发

pí脾

qì

huì会

yì议

jìn进

xíng行

dào到

yí一

bàn半

，

zhǔ主

chí

míng

名

qí其

miào妙

dì地

lěng冷

dàn淡

？

Why are you always inexplicably cold towards me?

却

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

dì地

shòu受

dào到

le了

zhǐ指

zé责

。

He didn't do anything wrong, yet he was inexplicably blamed.

气

，

ràng让

dà大

jiā家

dōu都

gǎn感

dào到

kùn困

huò惑

。

He got angry for no apparent reason, which left everyone feeling confused.

持

rén人

què却

mò莫

míng名

qí其

miào妙

dì地

xuān宣

bù布

xiū休

huì会

，

lìng令

suǒ所

yǒu有

yù与

huì会

zhě者

kùn困

huò惑

bù不

yǐ已

。

Halfway through the meeting, the chairperson inexplicably announced an adjournment, leaving all participants utterly baffled.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 莫名其妙.

Words with 莫

莫大mò dà
莫非mò fēi
莫过于mò guò yú
一筹莫展yì chóu mò zhǎn
变幻莫测biàn huàn mò cè

Words with 名

名字míng ziHSK 1
有名yǒu míngHSK 3
报名bào míngHSK 4
著名zhù míngHSK 4
出名chū míng
匿名nì míng
名义míng yì
名人míng rén

Words with 其

其他qí tāHSK 3
其实qí shíHSK 3
其中qí zhōngHSK 4
其次qí cìHSK 4
尤其yóu qíHSK 4
与其yǔ qí
其余qí yú
其后qí hòu

Words with 妙

不妙bú miào
奇妙qí miào
妙哉miào zāi
巧妙qiǎo miào
微妙wēi miào
曼妙màn miào
精妙jīng miào
美妙měi miào