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奥

ào

HSK 6 Character Traditional 奧

What 奥 means

1. obscure
2. mysterious

Other readings

奥 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ÀoAustria (abbr. for {奥地利|Ào dì lì}); Olympics (abbr. for {奥林匹克|Ào lín pǐ kè})

Example sentences

• 我喜欢奥克语。
  I like the Occitan language.
• 奥利弗有粉刺。
  Oliver has an acne problem.
• 他在看奥运会。
  He's watching the Olympics.
• 她在看奥运会。
  She's watching the Olympics.
• 他是奥地利人。
  He's Austrian.
• 她来自奥地利。
  She is from Austria.

Words starting with 奥

• 奥秘ào mìsecret; mystery
• 奥运Ào yùnOlympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会
• 奥运会Ào yùn huìOlympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会
• 奥地利Ào dì lìAustria
• 奥斯卡Ào sī kǎ(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award); (name) Oscar
• 奥林匹克Ào lín pǐ kèOlympic
• 奥迪Ào díAudi
• 奥妙ào miàomarvelous; mysterious; profound
• 奥斯曼Ào sī mànOttoman (empire)
• 奥斯汀Ào sī tīngAustin or Austen (name); Austin, Texas
• 奥斯陆Ào sī lùOslo, capital of Norway
• 奥克兰Ào kè lánAuckland (New Zealand city); Oakland (California, US city)
• 奥托Ào tuōOtto
• 奥运村Ào yùn cūnOlympic Village
• 奥林匹克运动会Ào lín pǐ kè Yùn dòng huìOlympic Games; the Olympics
• 奥国Ào guóAustria
• 奥客ào kè(Taiwan; colloquial) troublesome customer; obnoxious guest…
• 奥援ào yuánhidden ally; powerful support; support
• 奥数ào shùolympiad mathematics; competition math
• 奥会Ào huìOlympic Games (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会; (Taiwan)…
• 奥派Ào pài(economics) Austrian School
• 奥利奥Ào lì àoOreo cookies
• 奥利安Ào lì ānOrion (constellation, loan word); also written 猎户座
• 奥利给ào lì gěi(neologism c. 2020) come on, you can do it!

Words containing 奥

• 深奥shēn àoprofound; abstruse; recondite
• 国际奥委会Guó jì Ào wěi huìInternational Olympic Committee (IOC)
• 神奥shén àomysterious; an enigma
• 爱奥华Ài ào huáIowa, US state
• 派力奥Pài lì àoFiat Palio
• 特奥会Tè ào huìSpecial Olympics
• 艾奥瓦Ài ào wǎIowa, US state
• 里奥斯Lǐ ào sīRíos (name)
• 费奥多尔Fèi ào duō ěrTheodor of Fyodor (name)
• 克里奥尔语kè lǐ ào ěr yǔcreole language
• 爱奥尼亚海Ài ào ní yà HǎiIonian Sea between Italy and Greece
• 圣安东尼奥Shèng ān dōng ní àoSan Antonio, Texas
• 迪奥Dí àoDior (brand name)
• 科利奥兰纳斯Kē lì ào lán nà sīCoriolanus, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚
• 重整奥思定会Zhòng zhěng Ào sī dìng huìOrder of Augustinian Recollects, a mendicant Catholic religious order of friars and nuns
• 埃奥罗斯Āi ào luó sīAeolus, Greek God of winds
• 新奥尔良Xīn ào ěr liángNew Orleans, Louisiana
• 纽奥良Niǔ ào liángNew Orleans, Louisiana
• 残奥Cán ÀoParalympics; same as Paralympic Games 残奥会
• 残奥会Cán Ào huìParalympic Games
• 圣奥古斯丁Shèng ào gǔ sī dīngSt Augustine; Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher…
• 伊斯帕尼奥拉Yī sī pà ní ào lāHispaniola (Caribbean island including Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
• 毕尼奥夫Bì ní ào fūHugo Benioff (1899-1968), Caltech seismologist
• 毕尼奥夫带Bì ní ào fū dàiBenioff zone (geology); also called Wadati-Benioff zone

Characters that look like 奥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 鹿lùdeer
• 崽zǎichild; young animal
• 黍shǔbroomcorn millet; glutinous millet

Sounds the same

Read ào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 傲proud; arrogant; to despise
• 澳deep bay; cove; harbor
• 拗(bound form) intractable; contrary; disobedient
• 坳depression; cavity; hollow; Taiwan pr. āo
• 懊to regret
• 骜a noble steed (literary); (of a horse) untamed; (fig.) (of a person) headstrong
• 鏊griddle; tava
• 岙plain in the middle of the mountains; used in place names, esp. in 浙江
• 墺building-plot
• 奡haughty; vigorous
• 垇(used in place names); variant of 坳
• 鿫oganesson (chemistry)