深 shēn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 罙 deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
深奥
shēn'ào
profound; abstruse
Characters in this word
奥 ào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这部哲学著作语言深奥，普通读者往往需要借助注释才能理解。 Zhè bù zhéxué zhùzuò yǔyán shēn'ào, pǔtōng dúzhě wǎngwǎng xūyào jièzhù zhùshì cái néng lǐjiě. The language of this philosophical work is abstruse, so ordinary readers often need annotations to understand it.
- 这本书内容深奥，我读了三遍还是没看懂。 Zhè běn shū nèiróng shēn'ào, wǒ dú le sān biàn háishi méi kàndǒng. The content of this book is profound; I read it three times and still didn't understand it.
- 老师用浅显易懂的例子，把深奥的理论讲得十分清楚。 Lǎoshī yòng qiǎnxiǎn yìdǒng de lìzi, bǎ shēn'ào de lǐlùn jiǎng de shífēn qīngchu. Using simple, easy-to-understand examples, the teacher made the abstruse theory very clear.
Related words
- 深 shēn deep; dark
- 深刻 shēnkè deep; profound
- 深入 shēnrù in depth
- 深厚 shēnhòu deep; strong
- 深处 shēnchù deep place
- 深度 shēndù depth
- 深夜 shēnyè late night
- 博大精深 bódàjīngshēn broad and profound
- 根深蒂固 gēnshēndìgù deep-rooted; ingrained
- 深沉 shēnchén deep; profound; reserved
- 深化 shēnhuà to deepen
- 深切 shēnqiè deep; profound; heartfelt