深
奥

Profound in Chinese: 深奥 (shēn ào)

shēn ào

profound

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 深奧1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1profound
  2. 2abstruse
  3. 3recondite
  4. 4profoundly

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奥

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ㄕㄣ

shēn

ㄕ/ shㄣ/ en—/ first tone

ㄠˋ

ào

ㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

深奥

Simplified

深奧

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这本书里的道理太深奥了。

    zhè běn shū lǐ de dào lǐ tài shēn ào le。

    The ideas in this book are far too profound.

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Related words

深

shēn

deep (lit. and fig.)

深刻

shēn kè

profound

深入

shēn rù

to penetrate deeply

深厚

shēn hòu

deep

深处

shēn chù

abyss

深度

shēn dù

depth

深化

shēn huà

to deepen

深深

shēn shēn

deep

奥秘

ào mì

secret

加深

jiā shēn

to deepen

深切

shēn qiè

deeply felt

深情

shēn qíng

deep emotion

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