玄之又玄

Chinese

		black; mysterious	's; him/her/it; this	(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	black; mysterious
simp. and trad. (玄之又玄)		玄	之	又	玄

Etymology

From Tao Te Ching:

玄之又玄，眾妙之門。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

玄之又玄，众妙之门。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

Xuánzhīyòuxuán, zhòng miào zhī mén. [Pinyin]

Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all that is subtle and wonderful.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuánzhīyòuxuán

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ zi¹ jau⁶ jyun⁴
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-chi-iū-hiân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánzhīyòuxuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄓㄧㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánjhihyòusyuán
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-chih¹-yu⁴-hsüan²
  - Yale: sywán-jr̄-yòu-sywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanjyyowshyuan
  - Palladius: сюаньчжиюсюань (sjuanʹčžijusjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ zi¹ jau⁶ jyun⁴
  - Yale: yùhn jī yauh yùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ dzi¹ jau⁶ jyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ ji¹ yeo⁶ yun⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² jyːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-chi-iū-hiân
  - Tâi-lô: hiân-tsi-iū-hiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hienci'iuxhieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² iu²²⁻²¹ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕi³³ iu⁴¹⁻²² hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻²² iu²²⁻²¹ hiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ iu³³⁻¹¹ hiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁻³³ iu³³⁻²¹ hiɛn²³/

Idiom

玄之又玄

extremely profound and mysterious

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