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玄 (jyun4) — far and obscure; occult; mystic in Cantonese

jyunˎ₄玄
Mandarin Pinyin: xuan2

Meaning of 玄

nounfar and obscure; occult; mystic
nouna Chinese family name
nounKangxi radical 95 (profound)
nounblack with some red; dark
nounsilent and meditative
nounpretending
noundeep and profound; abstruse and subtle

Example Sentences with 玄

keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係syunˎ₄玄munˎ₄門gouˉ¹高sauˊ²手。
He's a master of the mystic arts.
niˉ¹呢diˉ¹啲haiˍ₆係syunˎ₄玄munˎ₄門gungˉ¹功fuˉ¹夫。
This is mystic martial arts.
keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講syunˎ₄玄munˎ₄門jeˏ₅嘢。
He talks about mystical things.
mˎ₄唔sikˉ¹識syunˎ₄玄munˎ₄門。
I don't understand mystic arts.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好seon˗₃信syunˎ₄玄munˎ₄門。
He really believes in the mystic arts.
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Words Containing 玄

玄狐jyun4 wu4
silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
圓玄學院jyun4 jyun4 hok6 jyun2
Yuen Yuen Institute
玄機jyun4 gei1
1. profound theories 2. mysteries pertaining to life and the universe
玄武jyun4 mou5
Black Tortoise
玄關jyun4 gwaan1
entryway (at the front entrance of a house).
玄燁jyun4 jip6
Hiowan Yei / Hiuwan Yei, the personal name of the Kangxi emperor in the Qing dynasty
玄米茶jyun4 mai5 caa4
Genmaicha, (Lit.: brown rice tea), a Japanese green tea combined with roasted brown rice
故弄玄虛gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1
make things more complicated and mysterious than they are
玄門jyun4 mun4
the profound school in Buddhism
玄之又玄jyun4 zi1 jau6 jyun4
the most mysterious of the mysterious; mystery of mysteries; extremely mysterious and abstruse
玄妙jyun4 miu6
esoteric; mysterious [Syn.] 奧妙

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