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奥
奧
Ào
1. Austria
2. Austrian
3. abbr. for [[奧地利|奥地利<Àodìlì>]]
4. Olympic
5. Olympics
6. abbr. for [[奧林匹克|奥林匹克<Àolínpǐkè>]]
Very Common • Top 1% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

奥
ào
mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

奥丁
Àodīng
Odin (god in Norse mythology)
奥什
Àoshí
Osh (city in Kyrgyzstan)
奥国
Àoguó
Austria
奥妙
àomiào
subtle
奥客
àokè
(coll.) (Tw) troublesome customer
奥托
Àotuō
Otto
奥援
àoyuán
hidden ally
奥数
ÀoShù
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
奥卢
Àolú
Oulu (city in Finland)
奥秘
àomì
secret
HSK 6
奥迪
Àodí
Audi
奥迹
àojì
Holy mystery
奥运
Àoyùn
abbr. for [[奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会]]
残奥
cánào
Paralympics
深奥
shēnào
profound
HSK 6
潭奥
tánào
profound
玄奥
xuánào
abstruse
神奥
shénào
mysterious
迪奥
Díào
Dior (brand name)
阃奥
kǔnào
innermost room

Alternate Entries

奥
ào
obscure / mysterious

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
971
Word Frequency Rank
510 of 84,292

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