奥 ào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
奥秘
àomì
mystery; secret
Characters in this word
秘 mì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 科学的魅力正在于不断揭开自然界的奥秘，而不是用迷信填补未知。 Kēxué de mèilì zhèng zàiyú búduàn jiēkāi zìránjiè de àomì, ér bú shì yòng míxìn tiánbǔ wèizhī. The charm of science lies in constantly revealing the mysteries of nature, rather than filling the unknown with superstition.
- 孩子们对海底世界的奥秘充满了好奇。 Háizimen duì hǎidǐ shìjiè de àomì chōngmǎn le hàoqí. The children are full of curiosity about the mysteries of the undersea world.
- 这位老师傅从不轻易说出做面食的奥秘。 Zhè wèi lǎo shīfu cóng bù qīngyì shuō chū zuò miànshí de àomì. This old master never lightly gives away the secret of making his pasta.
Related words
- 深奥 shēn'ào profound; abstruse
- 秘密 mìmì secret
- 秘书 mìshū secretary
- 神秘 shénmì mysterious
- 秘方 mìfāng secret recipe; secret formula
- 秘诀 mìjué secret; key; trick
- 会意 huìyì to grasp tacitly; to understand without being told
- 常理 chánglǐ common sense; normal reasoning
- 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù to suddenly realise; to see the light
- 定论 dìnglùn final conclusion; settled conclusion
- 贯通 guàntōng to connect through; to understand thoroughly
- 断定 duàndìng to conclude; to assert