深邃

shēnsuì
adjective #20,859

Meanings

  1. 1 deep and profound
  2. 2 abstruse
  3. 3 deep (of valleys or night)
  4. 4 hidden in depth

Examples

Tā yǒu yī shuāng shēnsuì de yǎnjing.
He has deep, profound eyes.
Zhè shǒu shī de yìjìng shēnsuì, nài rén xúnwèi.
The artistic conception of this poem is deep and thought-provoking.

Tips

register
深邃 is literary and formal, not used in casual speech. It is used to describe eyes that seem to hold great depth, philosophical ideas that are profound, or physical spaces (canyons, night) that feel boundlessly deep. In everyday speech, 深刻 or 深奥 are more common alternatives.

Stroke Order

shēn
suì