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奇妙 (qí miào) — wonderful, fantastic, amazing

Definition

奇妙 highlights something strange and delightful — 'wonderful' in a mysterious or surprising way. Closer to 神奇 than to 棒 or 精彩 (which are just 'great/good').

adjective
wonderfulfantasticamazing

Examples

  • 奇妙。
    Dà zì rán zhōng chōng mǎn le qí miào de xiàn xiàng.
    Nature is full of wonderful phenomena.
  • 奇妙。
    Zhè ge mèng zhēn de hěn qí miào.
    This dream was really amazing.
  • 奇妙。
    Wǒ zài hǎi dǐ kàn dào le hěn duō qí miào de shēng wù.
    I saw many wonderful creatures in the underwater world.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

奇qíunusual
妙miàowonderful

奇 suggests something unusual, and 妙 adds a sense of wonder, giving a fantastic feeling.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
大大dàbig; great
Sound part声符shēngfú
可
可kě奇
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

奇 pairs 大 (big; great) with 可, a sound part.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
女女nǚwoman
Sound part声符shēngfú
少
少shǎo妙miào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

妙 combines 女, a woman, with 少, which gives the sound.

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