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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

不可思议

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bù kě sī yì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Uncanny/ʌnˈkæni/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"两个陌生人之间的不可思议的相似性让所有人都感到震惊。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.

    "The uncanny resemblance between the two strangers left everyone in shock."
  2. 2

    Beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary.

    "Her uncanny ability to predict the weather amazed her friends."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Scottish and Northern English adjective canny (meaning prudent, auspicious, or knowing), combined with the negative prefix un-. Originally denoting something unreliable or unsafe, it evolved through the 18th and 19th centuries to describe things that evoke superstitious dread, mysterious unease, or eerie familiarity.

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