无稽

無稽
wújī
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 groundless; unfounded
  2. 2 absurd

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè zhǒng shuōfa chúnshǔ wújī.
That claim is completely groundless.
HSK 7-9
Nàxiē guānyú tā de chuánwén dōu shì wújī de, dàjiā búyào xiāngxìn.
The rumours about him are all baseless; don't believe them.

Tips

usage
稽 means to check or verify, so 无稽 is "impossible to verify". It is most common in 无稽之谈 (sheer nonsense) and 荒诞无稽 (absurd). Here 稽 is read jī, not qǐ as in 稽首 (to kowtow).

Stroke Order

无 wú
稽 jī