莫名其妙

莫名其妙

Chinese

		to be impossible to describe	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	clever; wonderful
simp. and trad. (莫名其妙)		莫名	其	妙
variant forms		莫明其妙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòmíngqímiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ ming⁴ kei⁴ miu⁶
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-bêng-kî-biāu / bo̍k-bêng-kî-miāu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸ mêng⁵ ki⁵ mieu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: mòmíngqímiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohmingchyimiaw
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ ming⁴ kei⁴ miu⁶
    • Yale: mohk mìhng kèih miuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ ming⁴ kei⁴ miu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ ming⁴ kéi⁴ miu⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² mɪŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹ miːu̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 莫名其妙 莫明其妙

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan, Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-bêng-kî-biāu
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-bîng-kî-biāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogbengki'biau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biaʊ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ biaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ biaʊ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biaʊ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-bêng-kî-miāu
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-bîng-kî-miāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogbengkimiau
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miãʊ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ miãʊ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mog⁸ mêng⁵ ki⁵ mieu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k mêng khî miṳ̆u
    • IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴⁻² meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miɯu³⁵/

Idiom

莫名其妙

1. puzzling; baffling; inexplicable