玄妙

Chinese

		black; mysterious	clever; wonderful
trad. (玄妙)		玄	妙
simp. #(玄妙)		玄	妙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánmiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ miu⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-biāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánmiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánmiào
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-miao⁴
    • Yale: sywán-myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanmiaw
    • Palladius: сюаньмяо (sjuanʹmjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ miu⁶
    • Yale: yùhn miuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ miu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ miu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ miːu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-biāu
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-biāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienbiau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² biau²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² biau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² biau⁴¹/

Adjective

玄妙

1. mysterious; profound; abstruse; difficult to understand; esoteric

Synonyms

• 奧妙／奥妙 (àomiào)
• 微妙 (wēimiào)
• 深奧／深奥 (shēn'ào)
• 深邃 (shēnsuì)
• 精微 (jīngwēi) (profound and subtle)

 

Noun

玄妙

1. mystery; profound, abstruse, difficult to understand or esoteric concept

Derived terms

• 玄妙入神
• 玄妙無窮／玄妙无穷
• 玄妙莫測／玄妙莫测

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玄妙):

• → Japanese: 玄妙(げんみょう) (genmyō)
• → Korean: 현묘(玄妙) (hyeonmyo)
• → Vietnamese: huyền diệu (玄妙)