玄机

玄機

xuánjī

noun HSK 7-9 #26,986

Meanings

1 hidden mystery
2 secret
3 profound truth

Characters

mysterious; profound

mechanism; secret

Examples

这幅画里暗藏玄机。

Zhè fú huà lǐ àncáng xuánjī.

There's a hidden mystery in this painting.

他的话中似乎有什么玄机。

Tā dehuà zhōng sìhū yǒu shénme xuánjī.

There seems to be some hidden meaning in his words.

Tips

usage

暗藏玄机 (to conceal a secret/mystery) is the most common collocation. 玄机 implies something deliberately hidden that requires insight to discover.

Stroke Order

玄 xuán

机 jī