奧
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ào · mysterious, obscure, profound

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13Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 奧

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Example sentences

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Nǐ zài ào dì lì de shén mó dì fāng cháng dà?你在奧地利的什麼地方長大?

Where in Austria did you grow up?

Source: Tatoeba #894973 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā qù le ào dì lì dú yīn lè.他去了奧地利讀音樂。

He went to Austria for the purpose of studying music.

Source: Tatoeba #339913 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè shì yí dào shēn ào de shù xué tí.這是一道深奧的數學題。

This is a difficult math problem.

Source: Tatoeba #417760 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ào liè gé qù le xǐ shǒu jiàn, lí mǎ zài nà lǐ.奧列格去了洗手間,麗瑪在那裡。

Oleg went to the bathroom, and Lima is there.

Source: Tatoeba #13552167 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Fú lā wéi ào zǒu huí le yù shì.弗拉維奧走回了浴室。

Flavio walked back inside the bathroom.

Source: Tatoeba #13556589 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rì běn bàn guò duō shǎo cì ào yùn huì?日本辦過多少次奧運會?

How many times has Japan hosted the Olympics?

Source: Tatoeba #612124 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 奧 in context

  1. Say ào, then recall the core meaning: mysterious, obscure, profound.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 奧 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.