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

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

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

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)

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