奧妙

Chinese

		obscure; mysterious	clever; wonderful
trad. (奧妙)		奧	妙
simp. (奥妙)		奥	妙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àomiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³ miu⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): o-meu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ò-biāu / ò-miāu / àu-biāu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵au-miau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àomiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àomiào
    • Wade–Giles: ao⁴-miao⁴
    • Yale: àu-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: awmiaw
    • Palladius: аомяо (aomjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou³ miu⁶
    • Yale: ou miuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou³ miu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou³ miu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³ miːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: o-meu
    • Hakka Romanization System: o meu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: o⁴ meu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /o⁵⁵ meu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò-biāu
    • Tâi-lô: ò-biāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oirbiau
    • IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹⁻⁵³ biau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ biau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /o²¹⁻⁵³ biau²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ biau³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ò-miāu
    • Tâi-lô: ò-miāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oirmiau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ miãu³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /o¹¹⁻⁵³ miãu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu-biāu
    • Tâi-lô: àu-biāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ao'biau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²¹⁻⁵³ biau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹⁻⁵³ biau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au²¹⁻⁴¹ biau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵au-miau
    • MiniDict: au^去 miau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²au-miau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɔ³³ miɔ⁴⁴/

Adjective

奧妙

1. profound; complex; marvellous

Synonyms

• 微妙 (wēimiào)
• 深奧／深奥 (shēn'ào)
• 深邃 (shēnsuì)
• 玄妙 (xuánmiào)
• 精微 (jīngwēi) (profound and subtle)

 

Noun

奧妙

1. profundity; profoundness; subtlety; marvel

   奧妙無窮／奥妙无穷  ―  àomiào wúqióng  ―  to be inexhaustibly profound

   不知其中奧妙／不知其中奥妙  ―  bùzhī qízhōng àomiào  ―  to be ignorant of the marvels therein