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玄 xuán

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玄 xuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xuán | xuan2
English translation
deep, profound, abstruse

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About 玄 xuán

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Number of strokes

5

Radical frequency

6

Traditional form

玄 xuán

Contains the radical

玄 xuán

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Etymology of 玄 xuán

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Positional decomposition

⿱亠幺

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Example sentences using 玄 xuán

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他 tā 不知不觉 bù zhī bù jué 被 bèi 他们 tā men 故弄玄虚 gù nòng xuán xū 的 de 胡说八道 hú shuō bā dào 给 gěi 骗 piàn 了 le 。

He had been unwittingly deluded by their mystical nonsense.

问 wèn 她 tā 是 shì 什么 shénme 意思 yìsi ，她 tā 故弄玄虚 gù nòng xuán xū 地说：“你 nǐ 自己 zìjǐ 想 xiǎng 吧 bā 。”

Asked what she meant, she said mysteriously: "Work it out for yourself".

我们 wǒmen 一直 yīzhí 在 zài 关注 guān zhù 玄奇事物 shìwù 这一神秘 shénmì 世界 shìjiè 。

We have been looking at the shadowy world of the paranormal.

Words with 玄 xuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
玄 xuán black玄 xuán
玄机 xuán jī mysterious principles玄機
玄妙 xuán miào mysterious玄妙 xuán miào
玄武 Xuán wǔ (in Daoism) God of the north sky玄武 Xuán wǔ
玄乎 xuán hū unreliable玄乎 xuán hū
故弄玄虚 gù nòng xuán xū deliberately mystifying故弄玄虛
玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán lava玄武岩 xuán wǔ yán
玄学 xuán xué translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学 xíng ér shàng xué )玄學
玄奘 Xuán zàng Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645玄奘 Xuán zàng
玄关 xuán guān entrance hall玄關
唐玄宗 Táng Xuán zōng Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇 Táng Míng huáng [Táng​Míng​huáng], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基 Lǐ Lōng jī [Lǐ​Lōng​jī], reigned 712-756唐玄宗 Táng Xuán zōng
玄武区 Xuán wǔ qū Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 Nán jīng shì in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Jiāng sū 玄武區
玄虚 xuán xū mystery玄虛
玄参 xuán shēn root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)玄參
玄奥 xuán aò abstruse玄奧

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