OBSCURE  奧妙玄

DARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of.
MYSTERIOUSUNCLEARUNCERTAINUNKNOWNIN DOUBTDOUBTFULDUBIOUSMYSTERIOUSHAZYVAGUEINDETERMINATECONCEALEDHIDDENABSTRUSERECONDITEARCANEESOTERICMYSTIFYINGPUZZLINGPERPLEXINGBAFFLINGAMBIGUOUSCRYPTICENIGMATICDELPHICORACULAROBLIQUEOPAQUEELLIPTICALUNINTELLIGIBLEINCOMPREHENSIBLEIMPENETRABLEUNFATHOMABLEINFORMAL AS CLEAR AS MUD
Antonym
  • CLEAREASY to PERCEIVE OR UNDERSTAND.
    Hypernym
    • DARKCOLOUR LACKING BRIGHTNESS.
      • COLOURAPPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
        • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE....
    See also
    • DEEPBIG SIZE DOWNWARD.
      Hyponym
      • SUPERNATURAL　OBSCURE, NOT ORDINARY, AND BELIEVED TO HAVE BIG POWER, AND which one CAN NOT PERCEIVE.
        • SACRED　SUPERNATURAL in ORIGIN AND THEREFORE OF DIVINE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY AND POWER.
        • APOTHEOSIS　BECOME SUPERNATURAL
      • CONCEAL　CAUSE TO BECOME OBSCURE:invisible.
        • COVER　CONCEAL something by PUTTING something ABOVE it....
        • SECRET　VOLUNTARILY:deliberately CONCEALED FROM OTHERS OR from PERSONS OUTSIDE a certain GROUP.
        • HIDE ONESELF　CONCEAL ONESELF.
      • PROFOUND　OBSCURE BUT INTENSELY INTERESTING.
        • ESOTERIC　DELIBERATELY OBSCURE AND WRITTEN OR SAID FOR A CERTAIN GROUP.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. The current general word for mysteriousness is xuán 玄.

          2. Miào 妙 adds to the notion of mysteriousness that of intricacy and felicity of structure.

          3. Ào 奧 emphasises the recondite obscurity and supernatural links of the mysterious.

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          玄妙

          奧妙

          微妙

          神妙

          神秘

          幽眇

          玄乎

          玄

          玄之又玄

          神妙莫測

          莫測高深

          高深莫測

          費解

          難解

          百思不解

          rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 663

          • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 17.35

          • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 358

          • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 1.451

          • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 3.845

          • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 11.336

            UNVERSTAENDLICHKEIT

          • Handbuch der lateinischen und griechischen Synonymik ( SCHMIDT 1889) p. 31

          • Key Concepts in Chinese Philosophy ( ZHANG DAINIAN 2002) p. 74

          Words

          玄  xuán OC: ɡʷeen MC: ɦen 9 AttributionsWD

          The current general word for mysteriousness is xuán 玄.

            Word relations
          • Epithet: 德/VIRTUE The current general term for salient features and principles of charismatic moral integrity and generosity is dé 德, when used as a term of ethical evalutation; but this word has many other philosophically important meanings.

            Syntactic words
          • nabmystery
          • vadNdark and mysteriously unfathomable
          • vadVobscurely, mystically, mysteriously
          • vibe mysterious; be esoteric (talk)
          妙  miào OC: mews MC: miɛu 4 AttributionsWD

          Miào 妙 adds to the notion of mysteriousness that of intricacy and felicity of structure.

            Word relations
          • Assoc: 微/TENUOUS Wēi 微 refers to subtlety predominantly in transferred figurative senses.

            Syntactic words
          • nab.post-Nfeaturedefinite: the mysteries ofCH
          • nab.post-V{NUM}mystery; secret; secret crucial point
          • vadNmarvellously or supernaturally apt
          • vibe marvellously or supernaturally apt
          幽  yōu OC: qriw MC: ʔi̯u 4 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabfactualwhat is mysterious
          • vadNfigurativedark and mysterious
          • vifigurativebe dark and mysterious
          冥  míng OC: meeŋ MC: meŋ 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadNdark and mysterious
          幽冥  yōu míng OC: qriw meeŋ MC: ʔi̯u meŋ 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabstativeobscurity
          • VPadNcompletely obscure
          頡滑  xié huá MC: het hweat OC: ɡiid ɡruudCH 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPibe confused, slippery, and thus obcureCH
          窈  yǎo OC: qiiwʔ MC: ʔeu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vibe mysterious, be obscureTWH
          • vi.redbe mysterious, be obscure
          賾  zé OC: sɡreeɡ MC: ɖʐɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • nabmetaphysicalprofound depths; the mysteries involved in something
          • v[adN1.]post-N2the obscure recesses of one's mindCH
          隩  ào OC: quuɡs MC: ʔɑu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vifigurativeabstruse; deep; profound; subtle
          洪深  hóng shēn OC: ɡooŋ qhljum MC: ɦuŋ ɕim 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPibe vast and profound> be mysteriously beyond one's grasp
          深妙  shēn miào OC: qhljum mews MC: ɕim miɛu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPibe mysterious
          玄冥  xuán míng OC: ɡʷeen meeŋ MC: ɦen meŋ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPabmetaphysicalobscurity
          玄妙  xuán miào OC: ɡʷeen mews MC: ɦen miɛu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPabmetaphysicalmysteries
          • VPadNobscure and mysterious > wonderful
          幽隱  yōu yǐn MC: -- 'j+nX OC: qriw qɯnʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPiobscure, enigmatic, esotericLZ
          閉約  bì yuē MC: pejH 'jak OC: piids qplewɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPiesotericLZ
          媒  mèi MC: -- OC: --CH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vi.redbe obscureCH
          窈窈  yǎo yǎo MC: 'ewX 'ewX OC: qiiwʔ qiiwʔVK 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPiredbe quite obscureVK
          奧  ào OC: quuɡs MC: ʔɑu 0 AttributionsWD

          Ào 奧 emphasises the recondite obscurity and supernatural links of the mysterious.

            Syntactic words
          • viSHU, preface: profound, obscure (meaning)
          祕  mì OC: priɡs MC: pi 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • virare, CC: hidden, secret, mysterious
          孔明  kǒng míng OC: khooŋʔ mraŋ MC: khuŋ mɣaŋ 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • VPifigurativebe mysterious
          窈妙  yǎo miào OC: qiiwʔ mews MC: ʔeu miɛu 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • NPsubjectthe mysterious
          隱  yǐn OC: qɯnʔ MC: ʔɨn 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • viremain hidden; remain unclear
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            Syntactic words
          • VPifigurative(as light emerging at dawn): be obscure but about to clear up CH

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