| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 玄 | 玄 | xuán | xuan2 | black; mysterious | ||
| 2 | 玄色 | 玄色 | xuán sè | xuan2 se4 | black (without gloss); black with a hint of red in it | ||
| 3 | 玄之又玄 | 玄之又玄 | xuán zhī yòu xuán | xuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2 | mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子 | ||
| 4 | 玄奘 | 玄奘 | xuán zàng | Xuan2 zang4 | Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 | ||
| 5 | 玄远 | 玄遠 | xuán yuǎn | xuan2 yuan3 | profound; abstruse mystery | ||
| 6 | 玄学 | 玄學 | xuán xué | xuan2 xue2 | Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上学 ) | ||
| 7 | 玄虚 | 玄虛 | xuán xū | xuan2 xu1 | deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable | ||
| 8 | 玄武质熔岩 | 玄武質熔岩 | xuán wǔ zhì róng yán | xuan2 wu3 zhi4 rong2 yan2 | basalt; also written 玄熔岩 | ||
| 9 | 玄武岩 | 玄武岩 | xuán wǔ yán | xuan2 wu3 yan2 | basalt (geology); lava | ||
| 10 | 玄武区 | 玄武區 | xuán wǔ qū | Xuan2 wu3 qu1 | Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江苏 | ||
| 11 | 玄武门之变 | 玄武門之變 | xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn | Xuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4 | Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 | ||
| 12 | 玄武 | 玄武 | xuán wǔ | Xuan2 wu3 | Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky | ||
| 13 | 玄菟郡 | 玄菟郡 | xuán tù jùn | Xuan2 tu4 jun4 | Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea | ||
| 14 | 玄孙 | 玄孫 | xuán sūn | xuan2 sun1 | great-great-grandson | ||
| 15 | 玄石 | 玄石 | xuán shí | xuan2 shi2 | magnetite Fe3O4 | ||
| 16 | 玄参 | 玄參 | xuán shēn | xuan2 shen1 | Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis); root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM) | ||
| 17 | 玄青 | 玄青 | xuán qīng | xuan2 qing1 | deep black | ||
| 18 | 玄圃 | 玄圃 | xuán pǔ | Xuan2 pu3 | mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 昆仑 | ||
| 19 | 玄妙 | 玄妙 | xuán miào | xuan2 miao4 | mysterious; profound; abstruse | ||
| 20 | 玄秘 | 玄秘 | xuán mì | xuan2 mi4 | mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) | ||
| 21 | 玄米茶 | 玄米茶 | xuán mǐ chá | xuan2 mi3 cha2 | genmaicha; Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice | ||
| 22 | 玄理 | 玄理 | xuán lǐ | xuan2 li3 | profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄学 sect | ||
| 23 | 玄机泄露 | 玄機泄露 | xuán jī xiè lòu | xuan2 ji1 xie4 lou4 | A key secret is divulged. (idiom) | ||
| 24 | 玄机 | 玄機 | xuán jī | xuan2 ji1 | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles | ||
| 25 | 玄黄翻覆 | 玄黃翻覆 | xuán huáng fān fù | xuan2 huang2 fan1 fu4 | overthrow of heaven and earth (idiom) |
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