# 莫名其妙 (mòmíngqímiào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 莫名其妙 (mòmíngqímiào) means “baffling; inexplicable”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: baffling; inexplicable
- Pinyin: mòmíngqímiào (mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他莫名其妙地发了一顿脾气。
  Tā mòmíngqímiào de fā le yī dùn píqi.
  He got angry for no apparent reason.

## Characters

- 莫 (mò): do not; there is none who
- [名](https://hanziro.com/word/ming-people/) (míng): (measure word) for people; name
- [其](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-its-his-her/) (qí): (pronoun) its, his, her, their; that
- [妙](https://hanziro.com/word/miao-wonderful/) (miào): wonderful; clever

https://hanziro.com/word/mo-ming-qi-miao-baffling/

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