变幻莫测
biànhuànmòcè
unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways
Characters in this word
幻 huàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 幺 — tiny
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
莫 mò
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 旲 daylight, sunlight
测 cè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 则 rule, law, regulation
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 山里的天气变幻莫测，刚才还晴，转眼就下起了雨。 Shān lǐ de tiānqì biànhuànmòcè, gāngcái hái qíng, zhuǎnyǎn jiù xià qǐ le yǔ. The weather in the mountains is unpredictable: it was sunny a moment ago, and in a flash it started to rain.
- 股票市场变幻莫测，新手最好别把全部积蓄投进去。 Gǔpiào shìchǎng biànhuànmòcè, xīnshǒu zuìhǎo bié bǎ quánbù jīxù tóu jìnqu. The stock market is unpredictable, so beginners had better not put all their savings into it.
- 他的心情变幻莫测，上一秒还在笑，下一秒就生气了。 Tā de xīnqíng biànhuànmòcè, shàng yì miǎo hái zài xiào, xià yì miǎo jiù shēngqì le. His mood is unpredictable: one second he is laughing, the next he is angry.
Related words
- 变 biàn to change; to become
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 改变 gǎibiàn to change
- 变化 biànhuà change
- 变为 biànwéi to turn into
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 变动 biàndòng change
- 变质 biànzhì to go bad, to deteriorate
- 变革 biàngé to transform; transformation; reform
- 变更 biàngēng to change; to alter; change
- 变故 biàngù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- 变换 biànhuàn to change; to transform; to vary