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
trad. (莫名其妙)	莫名	其	妙
simp. ^#(莫名其妙)	莫名	其	妙
alternative forms	莫明其妙
Literally: “to be impossible to describe what the profundity is”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mòmíngqímiào

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ ming⁴ kei⁴ miu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-bêng-kî-biāu / bo̍k-bêng-kî-miāu

(Teochew, Peng'im): mog⁸ mêng⁵ ki⁵ miou⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸moq-min ⁶ji-miau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mòmíngqímiào
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mòmíngcímiào
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴-ming²-chʻi²-miao⁴
  - Yale: mwò-míng-chí-myàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohmingchyimiaw
  - Palladius: моминцимяо (momincimjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mok⁶ ming⁴ kei⁴ miu⁶
  - Yale: mohk mìhng kèih miuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ ming⁴ kei⁴ miu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ ming⁴ kéi⁴ miu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² mɪŋ²¹ kʰei̯²¹ miːu̯²²/
  - Homophones:
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Southern Min
- (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 (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ biau³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ biau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² biau²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-bêng-kî-miāu
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-bîng-kî-miāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogbengkimiau
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miãu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² biɪŋ²³ ki²³⁻³³ miãu³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mog⁸ mêng⁵ ki⁵ miou⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍k mêng khî miŏu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mok̚⁴⁻² meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ miou³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁸moq-min ⁶ji-miau
  - MiniDict: moh^入 min ji^去 miau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq-min ³jji-miau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹¹ min³³ d͡ʑi²² miɔ⁴⁴/

Idiom

莫名其妙

puzzling; baffling; inexplicable

Usage notes

其妙 (qímiào, “what the profundity is”) is not to be confused with 奇妙 (qímiào, “fantastic”).

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