深奥
Old HSK 6
深奥 (shēn'ào) · profound
深奥 (shēn'ào) means “profound; hard to understand”. It is written with 2 characters: 深 (deep) + 奥 (mysterious). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 深奥 is built
The characters
深 shēn · deep
What 深 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 罙mí — deep
- ⺳ — net
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- ⺳ — net
Origin hint: Deep 罙 water 氵 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
奥 ào · mysterious
What 奥 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 米mǐ — rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Example sentences
这本书的内容太深奥了。Zhè běn shū de nèiróng tài shēn'ào le.The content of this book is too profound.
老师把深奥的道理讲得很简单。Lǎoshī bǎ shēn'ào de dàolǐ jiǎng de hěn jiǎndān.The teacher explained the deep idea very simply.
Questions about 深奥
What does 深奥 mean?
深奥 (shēn'ào) means “profound; hard to understand”.
How do you pronounce 深奥?
深奥 is pronounced shēn'ào.
Which HSK level is 深奥?
深奥 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 深刻shēnkèdeep
- 深入shēnrùin depth
- 深厚shēnhòudeep
- 博大精深bódàjīngshēnbroad and profound
- 根深蒂固gēnshēndìgùdeep-rooted
- 深沉shēnchéndeep
- 深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyìdeep friendship
- 资深zīshēnsenior
- 深shēndeep
- 奥秘àomìmystery
Learn 深奥 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 160: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.