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Definition(s) for: 摸不着头脑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
摸不着头脑 mō bu zháo tóu nǎo - to be unable to make any sense of the matter
- to be at a loss

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 38,201 46,486

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to feel with the hand
- to touch
- to stroke
- to grope
- to steal
- to abstract
- variant of 摹[mo2]
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
zhāo- a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
- trick; tactic
- (dialect) okay; all right
- (dialect) to put in; to add
zháo- to touch
- to come in contact with
- to feel
- to be affected by
- to catch fire
- to burn
- (coll.) to fall asleep
- (after a verb) hitting the mark
- succeeding in
zhe- aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
zhuó- to wear (clothes)
- to contact
- to use
- to apply
tóu- head
- hair style
- the top
- end
- beginning or end
- a stub
- remnant
- chief
- boss
- side
- aspect
- first
- leading
- classifier for pigs or livestock
- CL:個|个[ge4]
tou- suffix for nouns
nǎo- brain
- mind
- head
- essence

Other Words Containing 摸不着头脑

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo