玄 jyun⁴ {xuán}

1. black
2. mysterious

玄燁〔-烨〕 jyun⁴ jip⁶ {xuán yè}

Hiowan Yei / Hiuwan Yei, the personal name of the Kangxi emperor in the Qing dynasty

玄門〔-门〕 jyun⁴ mun⁴ {xuán mén}

the profound school in Buddhism

玄秘 jyun⁴ bei³ {xuán mì}

1. mystery
2. mysterious
3. occult
4. abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious)

玄青 jyun⁴ cing¹ {xuán qīng}

deep black

玄乎 jyun⁴ fu⁴ {xuán hū}

1. unreliable
2. incredible

玄機〔-机〕 jyun⁴ gei¹ {xuán jī}

1. profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism)
2. mysterious principles

玄關〔-关〕 jyun⁴ gwaan¹ {xuán guān}

1. entrance hall
2. front door
3. porch
4. vestibule

玄虛〔-虚〕 jyun⁴ heoi¹ {xuán xū}

1. deceitful trick
2. mystery
3. unfathomable

玄學〔-学〕 jyun⁴ hok⁶ {xuán xué}

1. Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals
2. translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學)

玄遠〔-远〕 jyun⁴ jyun⁵ {xuán yuǎn}

1. profound
2. abstruse mystery

玄理 jyun⁴ lei⁵ {xuán lǐ}

1. profound theory
2. philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學 sect

玄妙 jyun⁴ miu⁶ {xuán miào}

1. mysterious
2. profound
3. abstruse

玄武 jyun⁴ mou⁵ {Xuán wǔ}

1. Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky)
2. (in Daoism) God of the north sky

玄奧〔-奥〕 jyun⁴ ou³ {xuán ào}

1. abstruse
2. profound mystery
3. the mysteries of the universe

玄圃 jyun⁴ pou² {Xuán pǔ}

mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙

玄參〔-参〕 jyun⁴ sam¹ {xuán shēn}

1. Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis)
2. root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM)

玄石 jyun⁴ sek⁶ {xuán shí}

magnetite Fe3O4

玄孫〔-孙〕 jyun⁴ syun¹ {xuán sūn}

great-great-grandson

玄狐 jyun⁴ wu⁴ {xuán hú}

silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)

玄奘 jyun⁴ zong⁶ {Xuán zàng}

Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645

玄米茶 jyun⁴ mai⁵ caa⁴ {xuán mǐ chá}

1. genmaicha
2. Japanese tea with added roasted brown rice

玄武區〔--区〕 jyun⁴ mou⁵ keoi¹ {Xuán wǔ qū}

Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇

玄武岩 jyun⁴ mou⁵ ngaam⁴ {xuán wǔ yán}

1. basalt (geology)
2. lava

玄菟郡 jyun⁴ tou³ gwan⁶ {Xuán tù jùn}

Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

玄之又玄 jyun⁴ zi¹ jau⁶ jyun⁴ {xuán zhī yòu xuán}

1. mystery within a mystery
2. the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子

玄武門之變〔--门-变〕 jyun⁴ mou⁵ mun⁴ zi¹ bin³ {Xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn}

Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗

玄武質熔岩〔--质--〕 jyun⁴ mou⁵ zat¹ jung⁴ ngaam⁴ {xuán wǔ zhì róng yán}

1. basalt
2. also written 玄熔岩