玄 xuán — black; dark
玄
Level 1 · Common HSK 7-9 #304
xuán xuan2
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adjective
noun
- sky e.g 玄都 · 玄穹帝 · 玄极 · 玄贶 · 玄浑
- Taoism e.g 玄门 · 玄功 · 玄玄道
- the ninth moon of the lunar calendar
- great-great-grandson
- north e.g 玄方 · 玄郊 · 玄海 · 玄朔 · 玄帝
Related words
- 玄机 profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)/mysterious principles
- 玄虚 mystery; deception
- 故弄玄虚 to deliberately mystify; to make a mystery of something
- 玄妙 mysterious; profound
- 玄关 entrance hall; foyer; genkan
- 玄武 Xuanwu; the Dark Warrior (a Daoist deity depicted as a tortoise-snake)
- 玄乎 unreliable; incredible; mysterious
- 玄想 to indulge in fantasy; a reverie detached from reality
- 玄色 black; dark
- 玄奥 profound and mysterious; abstruse
- 玄孙 great-great-grandson
- 玄鸟 the dark bird; the swallow (in ancient Chinese legend)
- 玄青 deep black; dark
- 玄之又玄 utterly mysterious; abstruse
- 玄狐 silver fox
- 玄学 metaphysics; Neo-Daoist philosophy