HSK 6 · Adjectives

奇妙 qímiào “wonderful” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 奇妙 means

  1. wonderful
  2. marvellous
  3. intriguing
  4. marvelous
  5. mysterious
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • strange

How to say 奇妙

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale奇qí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale妙miào4th tone, falling

奇妙 in a sentence

  1. 语言很奇妙。

    Yǔyán hěn qímiào.

    Language is fascinating.

    Sentence #1541727 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这是奇妙的体验。

    Zhè shì qímiào de tǐyàn.

    It was an amazing experience.

    Sentence #6047428 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 人生真是奇妙！

    Rénshēng zhēn shì qímiào!

    Life really is amazing!

    Sentence #339482 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 奇妙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 奇 (qí) with each of its parts in a different colour
奇qístrange
  • 大big · dà
  • 可may · kě
The character 妙 (miào) with each of its parts in a different colour
妙miàoclever
  • 女woman · nǚMeaning part
  • 少few · shǎoSound part

女 hints at the meaning (woman); 少 (shǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with miào.

How to write 奇妙

奇 8 strokes · 妙 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

奇妙 (qímiào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 奇妙 (qímiào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 奇妙

Words with 奇

奇怪qíguài · strange好奇hàoqí · inquisitive奇迹qíjì · miracle神奇shénqí · magical惊奇jīngqí · surprised

Words with 妙

巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious美妙měimiào · wonderful莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling

More words: Adjectives

恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right谦逊qiānxùn · modest锲而不舍qiè'érbùshě · to persevere切实qièshí · practical清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

FAQs

奇妙 (qímiào) means “wonderful” or “marvellous”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qímiào: qí with a 2nd tone, then miào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 奇妙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qimiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奇妙 from the suggestions. Typing qimiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奇妙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.