魔性

móxìng

adjective

Meanings

1 irresistibly catchy
2 addictively quirky
3 compellingly weird (internet slang, c. 2014)

Characters

nature / quality

Examples

这首歌的旋律太魔性了，我一整天都在循环。

Zhè shǒu gē de xuánlǜ tài móxìng le, wǒ yī zhěng tiān dōu zài xúnhuán.

This song's melody is so catchy I've had it on loop all day.

他笑起来有点魔性，一笑大家都跟着笑。

Tā xiào qǐlái yǒudiǎn móxìng, yī xiào dàjiā dōu gēn zhe xiào.

His laugh is a bit infectiously weird — once he starts, everyone joins in.

这个表情包真的很魔性。

Zhège biǎoqíngbāo zhēn de hěn móxìng.

This meme is seriously addictive.

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Internet slang that took off around 2014, originally from Japanese 魔性 (mashō). In Chinese it's a compliment for content that's so weirdly catchy it gets stuck in your head — songs, dances, memes, laughs. Roughly equals English 'cursed but in a good way' or 'unreasonably catchy'.

memory

魔 = demon/magic + 性 = nature → 'demonic quality'. The idea is the content has a supernatural pull on you — you can't stop watching/listening.

Stroke Order

魔 mó

性 xìng