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深奥

深奥

See also: 深奧

Chinese

		deep; profound
simp. and trad. (深奥)		深	奥

Adjective

深奥

profound; abstruse; difficult to understand; esoteric

See also

玄妙 (xuánmiào)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	奥
しん Grade: 3	おう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

深奥 ‎(hiragana しんおう, romaji shin'ō)

esoteric doctrines; mysteries

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shēn'ào

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ ou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̂m-o
Min Nan (POJ): chhim-ò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shēn'ào
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenaw
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    深奥
    深奧／深奥
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ ou³
  - Yale: sām ou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ ou³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ ou̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̂m-o
  - Hakka Romanization System: ciim´ o
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cim¹ o⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰɨm²⁴⁻¹¹ o⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-ò
  - Tâi-lô: tshim-ò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chim'oix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² ɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰim³³ ɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻²² ɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ o¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɤ²¹/