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

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:
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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

puzzling; baffling; inexplicable

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