玄機

See also: 玄机

Chinese

		mysterious	scheme; trick
trad. (玄機)		玄	機
simp. (玄机)		玄	机

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuánjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ gei¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang⁵ gi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuánjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuánji
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan²-chi¹
    • Yale: sywán-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanji
    • Palladius: сюаньцзи (sjuanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ gei¹
    • Yale: yùhn gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ kei̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang⁵ gi¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiâng ki
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ki³³/

Noun

玄機

1. arcane truth; nature's mystery; something inexplicable