HSK 6 · Ideas

奥秘 àomì “mystery” in Chinese

Traditional 奧祕

What 奥秘 means

  1. mystery
  2. secret

How to say 奥秘

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale奥ào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale秘mì4th tone, falling

奥秘 in a sentence

  1. 谁能揭开海洋的奥秘？

    Shéi néng jiēkāi hǎiyáng de àomì?

    Who can unlock the mysteries of the ocean?

    Sentence #5574498 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 奥秘 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 奥 (ào) with each of its parts in a different colour
奥àoobscure
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 米rice · mǐ
  • 大big · dà
The character 秘 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
秘mìsecret
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 必surely · bìSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 必 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with mì.

How to write 奥秘

奥 12 strokes · 秘 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

奥秘 (àomì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 奥秘 (àomì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 奥秘

Words with 奥

深奥shēn'ào · profound

Words with 秘

秘密mìmì · secret神秘shénmì · mysterious秘书mìshū · secretary

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FAQs

奥秘 (àomì) means “mystery” or “secret”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it àomì: ào with a 4th tone, then mì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 奥秘 is written 奧祕. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type aomi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奥秘 from the suggestions. Typing aomi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奥秘 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.