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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 xuánxuan2black; mysterious
2玄色 玄色 xuán xuan2 se4black (without gloss); black with a hint of red in it
3玄奥 玄奧 xuán àoxuan2 ao4abstruse; profound mystery; the mysteries of the universe
4玄关 玄關 xuán guānxuan2 guan1entrance hall; vestibule
5玄乎 玄乎 xuán xuan2 hu1unreliable; incredible
6玄狐 玄狐 xuán xuan2 hu2silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
7玄黄翻覆 玄黃翻覆 xuán huáng fān xuan2 huang2 fan1 fu4overthrow of heaven and earth (idiom)
8玄机 玄機 xuán xuan2 ji1profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
9玄机泄露 玄機泄露 xuán xiè lòuxuan2 ji1 xie4 lou4A key secret is divulged. (idiom)
10玄理 玄理 xuán xuan2 li3profound theory; philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄学 sect
11玄米茶 玄米茶 xuán cháxuan2 mi3 cha2genmaicha; Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice
12玄秘 玄秘 xuán xuan2 mi4mystery; mysterious; occult; abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)
13玄妙 玄妙 xuán miàoxuan2 miao4mysterious; profound; abstruse
14玄圃 玄圃 xuán Xuan2 pu3mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 昆仑
15玄青 玄青 xuán qīngxuan2 qing1deep black
16玄参 玄參 xuán shēnxuan2 shen1Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis); root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)
17玄石 玄石 xuán shíxuan2 shi2magnetite Fe3O4
18玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūnxuan2 sun1great-great-grandson
19玄菟郡 玄菟郡 xuán jùnXuan2 tu4 jun4Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
20玄武 玄武 xuán Xuan2 wu3Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky
21玄武门之变 玄武門之變 xuán mén zhī biànXuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4Xuanwu 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
22玄武区 玄武區 xuán Xuan2 wu3 qu1Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江苏
23玄武岩 玄武岩 xuán yánxuan2 wu3 yan2basalt (geology); lava
24玄武质熔岩 玄武質熔岩 xuán zhì róng yánxuan2 wu3 zhi4 rong2 yan2basalt; also written 玄熔岩
25玄虚 玄虛 xuán xuan2 xu1deceitful trick; mystery; unfathomable
26玄学 玄學 xuán xuéxuan2 xue2Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals; translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上学 )
27玄远 玄遠 xuán yuǎnxuan2 yuan3profound; abstruse mystery
28玄奘 玄奘 xuán zàngXuan2 zang4Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
29玄之又玄 玄之又玄 xuán zhī yòu xuánxuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子

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