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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 莫名其妙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào - (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable

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
6 8 7,548 7,560 4,124

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Mo
- do not
- there is none who
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
- his
- her
- its
- their
- that
- such
- it (refers to sth preceding it)
miào- clever
- wonderful
miào- variant of 妙[miao4]

Other Words Containing 莫名其妙

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
莫名其妙 6 8 7,548 7,560 4,124