Chinese symbol for “groundless”
莫须有
mò xū yǒu
Traditional: 莫須有
groundless; baseless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for groundless is 莫须有 (mò xū yǒu), defined as: groundless; baseless.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “groundless”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 莫须有.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫过于 (莫過於) | mò guò yú | nothing can surpass |
| 莫名其妙 | mò míng qí miào | (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable |
| 莫非 | mò fēi | can it be possible that; could it be |
| 莫大 | mò dà | greatest; most important |
| 莫名 | mò míng | inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable |
| 约莫 (約莫) | yuē mo | to estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately |
| 必须 (必須) | bì xū | must; to have to |
| 无须 (無須) | wú xū | need not; not obliged to |
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
See also: Japanese symbol for “groundless”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.