莫 mò
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 旲 daylight, sunlight
莫非
mòfēi
could it be that; is it possible that
Characters in this word
非 fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 非 — not, negative, non-
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 调查组反复核对账目后怀疑，莫非内部审批环节早已被人操纵？ Diàocházǔ fǎnfù héduì zhàngmù hòu huáiyí, mòfēi nèibù shěnpī huánjié zǎo yǐ bèi rén cāozòng? After repeatedly checking the accounts, the investigation team wondered: could it be that the internal approval process had long been manipulated?
- 他今天怎么没来？莫非生病了？ Tā jīntiān zěnme méi lái? Mòfēi shēngbìng le? Why didn't he come today? Could he be sick?
- 门口怎么这么安静？莫非大家都已经走了？ Ménkǒu zěnme zhème ānjìng? Mòfēi dàjiā dōu yǐjīng zǒu le? Why is it so quiet at the entrance? Could everyone have already left?
Related words
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè unpredictable; constantly changing in unpredictable ways
- 莫大 mòdà greatest; enormous; immense
- 莫名其妙 mòmíngqímiào inexplicable; baffling
- 一筹莫展 yìchóumòzhǎn to be at one’s wits’ end
- 非常 fēicháng very, extremely
- 非 fēi must (emphatic)
- 除非 chúfēi unless; only if
- 并非 bìngfēi is not; by no means
- 非但 fēidàn not only; not merely
- 非得 fēiděi to have to; must; to insist on
- 非法 fēifǎ illegal; unlawful
- 非凡 fēifán extraordinary; exceptional