shēn ào

Traditional: 深奧

HSK 7–9

深奥 (shēn ào) is a Chinese word meaning “profound; abstruse; recondite”.

Meanings

  1. 1profound
  2. 2abstruse
  3. 3recondite
  4. 4profoundly
Part of speech
adjective

Characters in 深奥

深shēn · (lit. and fig.) deep奥ào · obscure

Related words

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