玄

Black in Chinese: 玄 (xuán)

xuán

black

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1black
  2. 2mysterious

Stroke order

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玄

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄩㄢˊ

xuán

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 这里面的道理很玄，我不太懂。

    zhè lǐ miàn de dào lǐ hěn xuán， wǒ bú tài dǒng。

    The reasoning here is very mysterious; I don't quite get it.

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Related words

玄机

xuán jī

profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)

悬挂

xuán guà

to suspend

悬念

xuán niàn

suspense in a movie, play etc

悬殊

xuán shū

widely different

悬崖

xuán yá

precipice

旋律

xuán lǜ

melody

旋涡

xuán wō

spiral

选民

xuǎn mín

voter

选项

xuǎn xiàng

option

选用

xuǎn yòng

to choose for some purpose

炫耀

xuàn yào

dazzling

削

xiāo

to peel with a knife

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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